Posted on 03/27/2012 1:33:19 PM PDT by sheikdetailfeather
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RUSH: The Supreme Court, what's going on. It doesn't appear -- and you really can't make any judgments, final judgments on this. But the oral arguments do not appear to be going well for the regime. The regime's solicitor general is being laughed at on occasion, and the justices are poking holes in many regime arguments up there. But, as I say, oral arguments, you never know what indicator they are. It's like trying to read a jury. But still, it's entertaining and it's instructive and we'll pass it all on to you.
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RUSH: Oral arguments at the Supreme Court are taking place today, and we have little bits and blurbs flowing in here as circumstances warrant. For example, "Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said the US government has a 'very heavy burden of justification' to show where the Constitution authorizes the Congress to change the relation of individuals to the government." He means they got a really tough burden of proof here. He's the fifth justice. This is the justice everybody thinks is going to end up deciding this, and this is why, by the way, oral arguments really don't give you much of an indication. Because justices are political, too, and they can say things in oral arguments to deflect attention to any number of reasons here.
(Excerpt) Read more at rushlimbaugh.com ...
There are a few justices in my opinion that the lawyer could say anything and it would not change their mind....just saying
Kennedy and Roberts seem to be skeptical of the government’s case.
” show where the Constitution authorizes the Congress to change the relation of individuals to the government.”
That’s been ignored for decades.
Using Nancy Pelosi to write your oral arguments is not going to pass at this court
The line of questioning on the hypothetical “burial insurance mandate” shows some promise.
I fear we’ll be Malihi’d
I can’t wait to hear Mark Levin tonight.
NPR also featured irate people who argued from the standpoint that expert medical care was available in infinite quantity and should be availble to all at no cost, and the greedy doctors who expected high salaries were probably no good anyway, and maybe we'd all be better off if the nation had more doctor's who weren't "in it for the money".
Straight out of Atlas Shrugged.
Its a sad spectacle. On one side you have Justices asking rational questions relating to the constitution, on the other you have four rubber stamps for the Administation. It just shows what the court says is “constitutional” has very little to do with an agreed standard but everything to do with personal bias and political ideology. This is an excellent example why many people have lost respect for the Supreme Court.
I'd say the 16th amendment pretty well accomplished that. Before then, the idea that the federal government would know everyone's name (let alone the details of their private financial relationships) was as bizarre as having the UN know all of our individual names and finances now.
And I'm still trying to figure out how the government can compel citizens to file a tax return under penalties of perjury, which is a clear violation of the 5th Amendment.
“Wednesday’s final day of arguments will be split into two sessions. The first will examine whether the rest of the ACA is severable from the individual mandate if the high court strikes down that provision. The last case looks at the law’s provision to expand Medicaid coverage. The challenging states call that part of the law coercive.”
The can do what they want but they’re not roping me into that program.
Your post very much reminds me of this video which I think explains the core of the great divide between us and them:
The battle of big ideas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dwz_Z62e0s
You are right. There is only one Judge that has to save us.
The 4 liberals will vote Obamacare come hell or high water, we need the other 5 to vote against it.
I believe 4 of them will vote their conscience, I believe the other 4 have no conscience. We will see what the 5th one does.
These p*****heads seem to think Atlas Shrugged is a blueprint for their vision of Utopia.
Obamacare at the Supreme Court: Day Two (Heritage Foundation’s Todd Gaziano)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w89MK22Mmvs&feature=player_embedded
I’m going to have to listen to Mark’s podcast. Should be a good one!
There is another kind of insurance that has not reared its head...long term care insurance.
Breyer might rule the act unconstitutional due to being overly broad.
Scalia, as usual, got to the heart of the matter - where does the Constitution give this power to Congress? I assume Roberts and Thomas and, perhaps, Alito are with him.
The solicitor general made an oral argument that would have been an embarrasement from a second year law student, but I don't think it made a bit of difference. The justices have obviously done their homework and given a lot of thought to this and I don't think opinions were swayed. You have 3 or 4 nanny-state libs on the court and I think the decision will come down to Kennedy, though Breyer may still be in play.
Laugh line for the day:
GENERAL VERRILLI: ... Congress, after a long study and careful deliberation, and viewing the experiences of the States and the way they tried to handle this problem, adopted a package of reforms. [Yeah, those careful midnight deliberations on the way to the printer!]
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Lie of the day:
JUSTICE SCALIA: An equally evident constitutional principle is the principle that the Federal Government is a government of enumerated powers and that the vast majority of powers remain in the States and do not belong to the Federal Government. Do you acknowledge that that's a principle?
GENERAL VERRILLI: Of course we do, Your Honor.
[And the check is in the mail, and I'll respect you in the morning.]
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Thanks. Hey look—a tabby cat.
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