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To: t4texas who wrote (493750)7/1/2012 9:47:24 PM
From: Farmboy3 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) of 793818
 
I understand all that. My point was, Roberts stepped beyond the authority granted the Court by the constitution. He didn't merely make a determination as to whether Obamacare was constitutional ... he, in a sense, rewrote it so it would be constitutional ... something unheard of prior to this decision. He has opened the door for future courts to do the same thing ..... and that is not the duty of the Supreme Court.

And while the Government might not be able to levy a penalty against someone for not buying an electric car, what is to stop them from taxing the fossil fuel vehicles to such an extent no one but the rich will be able to afford any vehicle? It they call it a tax ... it would be OK. Or from taxing cigarettes at a rate of $10 a pack? It isn't a penalty .. it's a tax .. because they (and now the Supreme Court) say so.

I am happy with the decision in that it stops the feds from cutting off state's' funding because the state doesn't just bend over every time the feds tell them to. That's a good thing.

But in the future when there is some ridiculously stupid case before the Supreme Court, something blatantly unconstitutional, and the Court, instead of just ruling it unconstitutional and returning it ... decides they'll just rewrite a couple of little things here and there, and Voila! It is now constitutional.

Is that really what we want our Supreme Court to be doing?
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