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Originally Posted by ijusluvit
Yeah, you are so ticked off about the decision, then Buggy reminds you about who appointed Roberts. Easy to see why you have completely lost sight of the facts.
It's not bad law, nor a stupid decision. It is an obvious interpretation of the Constitution and recognition of hundreds of established precedents. Sure, arguing the matter's constitutionality in the light of the commerce clause is not crystal clear, but as a function of Congress' power to tax it's a slam dunk. That's right - hundreds of precedents. Insulate your home; get a tax credit. Pay tuition to improve job skills: get a tax credit. Mortgage a house; get a tax credit.
Got it yet?
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What the heck does it matter who appointed him. It has nothing to do with his wrong headed badly written decision. It's not the first time a Republican President has been betrayed by the person he thought was a constitutionalist and became a legislator from the bench instead. Justice Souter comes to mind very prominently.
Justice Roberts held the American individual in contempt today. He twisted the Constitution almost unrecognizable in terming Obama's mandate that an individual must buy a product as a "tax". It's absurd.
Even if the Congress eventually can repeal this monstrous legislation, he's done incredible damage to the liberties of Americans with this precedent of his decision as what can constitute a tax.
Republicans who are trying to twist this into some kind of blessing in disguise in maybe giving them the hammer to knock out Obama are short sighted.
Yes, that's important and maybe this law can be trashed, but that's not the tragedy of this decision.
How do we get our Constitution back?
Go ahead now all you who are obsessed with everything I write. You can now call be names instead of dealing with any issues here.