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, […]

John Yoo: Chief Justice Roberts and His Apologists

Some conservatives see a silver lining in the ObamaCare ruling. But it’s exactly the big-government disaster it appears to be.

John Yoo The Wall Street Journal 6/29/2012

White House judge-pickers sometimes ask prospective nominees about their favorite Supreme Court justice. The answers can reveal a potential judge’s ideological leanings without resorting to litmus tests. Republican […]

We Blame George W. Bush

ObamaCare survives, but the Commerce Clause has limits.

James Taranto The Wall Street Journal 6/28/2012

ObamaCare is still the law of the land, and we blame George W. Bush. In National Federation of Independent Businesses v. Sebelius, four associate justices adopted the position of Florida’s Judge Roger Vinson, voting to strike down the entire law–we […]

Awake.

Erick Erickson RedState 6/29/2012

In the past twenty-four hours I have gotten a lot of heat from friends over my take on what John Roberts did. What’s done is done and I really could not get all worked up about it because Obamacare in the Courts has been such a distraction. Yet again the GOP […]

‘Are we victims? Or victors?’

Glenn tears apart Supreme Court ruling and Justice Roberts, calls for a mandate against Obama in November

Glenn Beck 6/28/2012

“This is not the Jesus Show…not Gandhi, either.”

 

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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 […]

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