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To: joe fonebone
Roberts took that sledgehammer away and gave them back a one ounce tack hammer.

As you have done consistently, you overlook the vastly larger issue that historically has done far more damage - the willingness of Supreme Court justices to re-write the meaning of words to get the ruling they want. Interstate commerce is extended to include activities that involve neither commerce nor interstate movement. A right to abortion is found where none exists. And now this.

Obamacare is not a tax. It is a combination of mandate and penalty, under any sane reading of the law and the dictionary.

Roberts could only uphold Obamacare by engaging in judicial alchemy and making something into a tax that is not such. And if you have the power to change the meaning of words, then power is unlimited, because you can twist any section of the Constitution to fit the usurpation at hand.

77 posted on 06/29/2012 9:47:47 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy
"'The question is,' said Alice, 'whether you can make words mean so many different things.'

But Humpty is unperturbed by her doubts. He answers,

'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master - that's all.'

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Take the blue pill and eat your peas.........

84 posted on 06/29/2012 10:50:15 AM PDT by Paladin2
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