When John Roberts talks, Congress should listen

Jeb Golinkin Yahoo! News 3/1/2013

When Section Five of the Voting Rights Act is struck down, don’t say the chief justice didn’t warn you

The Supreme Court appears very likely to strike down Section Five of the Voting Rights Act this term. (That law requires nine states with a history of discrimination, as […]

Roberts switched views to uphold health care law

“The fragmentation of power produced by the structure of our government is central to liberty, and when we destroy it, we place liberty in peril. Today’s decision should have vindicated, should have taught, this truth; instead our judgment today has disregarded it.”

Jan Crawford CBS News 7/1/2012

(CBS News) Chief Justice John Roberts […]

ObamaCareTax–Paul Ryan: It’s a tax, so vote. Rangle: It’s a ‘fee for services.’ WH and Gov. Deval Patrick: It’s not a tax. Chief of Staff Jack Lew: It’s not a tax but maybe I should have listened to the oral arguments first. Steve Moore says it’s a BF tax on those making less than $120,000 per year. Maxine Waters hasn’t decided whether she’ll call it a tax or a mandate. Axelrod: Uninsured are ‘free riders.’ Fl Gov. Rick Scott: We will not comply. Pelosi: It doesn’t really matter because Americans are pretty stupid and don’t care anyway.

Paul Ryan: John Roberts Contorted ‘Logic and Reason’ With Health Care Ruling

George Stephanopoulos ABC News 7/1/2012

…“I’m very disappointed in the ruling. I think the chief justice had to contort logic and reason to come up with this ruling,” he said. “So one man decided against the dissenting opinion, against what I, you know, […]

The politics of the ObamaCare decision (repeatedly updated with dissents)

Thomas Lifson American Thinker 6/28/2012

It looks to me that there are some sweet lemons for conservatives in the ObamaCare decision. Before we burn the chief justice in effigy, let’s read the decision and think about the implications.

First of all, upholding ObamaCare is going to energize opposition to Obama, and the determination to elect […]

Obama Administration Has Another Bad Day at the Supreme Court

Bruce McQuain Conservative Commune 4/26/2012

When the oral arguments were being made for ObamaCare, I made the observation that Solicitor General Donald Verrilli sounded like a man trying to defend arguments he really didn’t believe in. Add to that the fact that they were weak arguments and you have a man facing the Supreme Court […]

AP: Striking down the individual mandate won’t kill Obama’s health care law

Billy Hallowell The Blaze 3/28/2012

WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — Contrary to what some may believe, President Barack Obama’s health care law would not automatically collapse if the Supreme Court strikes down the unpopular requirement that most Americans carry medical insurance or face a penalty.

The overhaul could still lurch ahead without that core requirement, experts […]

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