So you're going to just whine on an internet forum and do nothing about it. That seems cowardly to me.
Roberts is 100% wrong on this decision. Now what?
Is Roberts 100% wrong on this decision?
That's a great question.
Some days back, there was quite a heated argument here about whether or not the SCOTUS had the last word about this or not.
Here's Roberts' closing statement on his decision:
In a democracy, the power to make the law rests with those chosen by the people. Our role is more confined—“to say what the law is.” Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch 137, 177 (1803). That is easier in some cases than in others. But in every case we must respect the role of the Legislature, and take care not to undo what it has done. A fair reading of legislation demands a fair understanding of the legislative plan.
Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them. If at all possible, we must interpret the Act in a way that is consistent with the former, and avoids the latter. Section 36B can fairly be read consistent with what we see as Congress’s plan, and that is the reading we adopt.
Let me repeat something that bears repeating:
In a democracy, the power to make the law rests with those chosen by the people.That's Roberts, twice now, basically telling us that the government that we have, is the government that we voted for, or that we allowed to be voted into power by not voting.
Roberts says that we own this. We voted this people in place, or allowed them to be voted in place by our not voting.
Now, there are some that will make all kinds of arguments about how they "cheated" and changed the rules, but that does not change one incredibly stark and pertinent fact: had there been a GOP majority in Congress and a Republican in the White House,
this bill would have never passed.
So the response to all those who spend their time in this forum making disparaging remarks about the GOP (not you Carling... I'm up on my soapbox right now) claiming that there's not a dime's worth of difference between the GOP and Democrats, I say bullshit.
You all know, just like I know, that this bill would have never been passed by a Republican House and Senate.
And THAT'S a difference way bigger than a dime.