Posted on 06/29/2012 6:06:10 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross
Even if Romney is voted in the odds of the law being repealed are slim.
I understand this point and reasons to be skeptical of the past behavior of the liberal justices on SCOTUS.
However, remember that by joining the majority, and using his words to write the majority opinion, EVERY word that Chief Justice Roberts wrote, with regard to the Commerce Clause, is in effect concurred with by ALL nine justices (Roberts spoke for all four liberals and the dissenting Justices already threw out the Commerce Clause rationale). Therefore, the rationale defeating the Commerce Clause argument, and narrowing it's use in all possible future cases to come before the Court, had a 9-0 vote.
Adding one single additional liberal to the Court can't change this precedent.
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That’s great, but what about when they levy a tax on us for not having an electric car? Or a solar powered water heater? Then what?
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“The Roberts Opinion: It’s Not All Bad”
Sure. And at the end of your free train ride, you get a free shower too! Life is grand, eh?
“the mandate is now just the “tax on not having healthcare,” which I’m sure will get a snappier name in the coming days”
It’s already being called the ObamaTax. Let’s go with that.
By an enormous stretch on the tax issue, Roberts handed the Democrats a totally unnecessary victory.
You’ll never convince the hardcore ideologues but that doesn’t deny the truth of it.
The fact is that Congress has the power to tax income, and they can give a deduction for carrying health insurance.
Wow. I hadn't seen that. Young Kate is stirring the controversy here too, eh? ... as we knew it would (I must have just beat you to posting the thread]
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There is no need to understand Roberts . what he did is all that matters. He effectively re-wrote this law. Judicial activism, anyone.
I give a rats rear about his personal decisions.
Actually we need to play the clips of them claiming it isn’t a tax over and over and over...and end with “The Supreme Court Ruled Differently.” Maybe even caption over them with Lies, Lies, and more Lies...”
Judicial rewriting laws is not conservative.
This is mind rot.
Liberals cry constitution about laws they like and ignore the ones they dislike. We should consider starting to fight dirty .....laws that only apply to our side are inherently wrong!!!
No, it's not just like buying gas or earning income. Those are voluntary acts of commerce. Nobody gets taxed for NOT buying gasoline. Nobody pays income tax for income the DIDN'T earn.
Roberts got it wrong. He couldn't be more wrong if he showed up a funeral for a young child, put on a pink tutu with no underwear and started singing at the top of his lungs "Another one bites the dust..." That is how wrong his thinking is.
The ObamaTax is like charging every citizen a federal property tax if they fail to go out and buy property.
More than a silver lining. I’ll take the temporary affirmation of ObamaCare in exchange for the long-term reduction in Congressional regulatory power under the commerce clause any day of the week.
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