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To: Bill who wrote (493395)	6/29/2012 9:42:46 AM
From: Paul Smith	3 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793914

....Congress wouldn't have passed it. We all know that the Congressmen/Congresswomen that were voting on this bill did not even read it and didn't know what was in it. The idea that if they understood that it was really a tax, they would have voted differently is a sad excuse to deny responsibility for what they passed and that it is actually is a massive tax. They can pretend to call it a different name for marketing the bad idea, but it is a tax and a bad one. All Roberts did was recognize that reality. The answer is to elect Romney and a Republican Senate.

To: Bill who wrote (493395)	6/29/2012 9:27:25 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	5 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793914

I think he just caved to Obama's political pressure. Plain and simple. Dennis Praeger put it well: "This was a vote for the court, not the case," he said. Roberts knew the law was unconstitutional (it's clear he switched sides at the 11th hour), but was afraid of the damage that Obama would do to the court by campaigning against it. I also think he believes that it's not a good thing when major political questions get decided by the court instead of by political means. So he tried to pull a Marbury v Madison: give Obama a win that he has to be happy about, officially, but stuff it with poison pills. In this case the pills are calling the mandate a tax, and warning (though it's not precedent) that the Commerce Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause have limits. On the minus side, Congress' taxing power now extends to inactivity. Politically, it's a win for both Obama and Romney. TWT who benefits more. Roberts now has political cover to decide the affirmative action and campaign finance cases on the merits.