VDH is absolutely correct - and has a great historical perspective. There was nothing good about yesterday’s ruling.
I was thinking the same thing yesterday as I read all the comments about the silver linings. VA AG’s piece in National Review today is the worst of all.
“There was nothing good about yesterday’s ruling.”
I don’t buy into this theory totally, I agree this decision doesn’t make sense no matter how I view it, but there is one salient point, and that is the fact that if you are going to try and force people to do what you want through the tax code, then at least it will be out in the open as a tax, and not hidden under the false pretense of a mandate.
Do you think Obamacare would have passed as a tax increase?
The very term Tax Increase, for whatever reason, will be a hard battle to win in any congress.
I agree with you that there's nothing good about the ruling. However, I don't join the "gloom and doom" -ers here, either.
The ruling left plenty of doors opened to overturning and defunding Obamacare. Nothing is shut, yet. This is not a done deal.
I also think that it will galvanize the conservative base and (IMHO) will lead to a 2012 Conservative Landslide - but to ascribe this as a motive for Roberts' ruling is complete idiocy.
So, the ruling is awful. Will the world end tomorrow, though? Probably not.
If have read all the articles by supposed conservatives using twisted logic to explain to us why Roberts ruling is a good thing. They are perfect examples of what is wrong with Republicans and why we are getting our butts handed to us on a daily basis.
What if Ginsberg had ruled with Alito, Scalia, etc.? Does anyone actually think the Democrats would be talking about how good that is for their party? They would be screaming from the rooftops about the illegitimacy of the court and would vow to rewrite the law and pass it again. Remember how they passed the law and Nancy Pelosi with her huge gavel shoving it in the face of the American people. They didn’t care that the law was blatantly unconstitutional.
Yesterdays ruling had nothing good in it for us and until conservatives and Republicans start fighting like the Dems they will continue to beat us.