SCOTUS on JUNE 28, 2012

So most of the citizens of the US are against Obamacare... 60% against it in the last poll I saw.

Chief Justice Roberts, who sided with the liberal justices, argued that the individual mandate is a tax—Obama argued it is not a tax.  You can see Obama's argument here:    By ruling it is a tax, Roberts has made the whole thing a political football, and a nightmare for Obama.  Why?  Because the American people will hear the media reporting the individual mandate as a TAX, mostly on the middle class, in direct conflict with Obama’s promise not to tax anyone making less than $250k.

Maybe the Chief Justice is not as whacked as we may have first thought! 

So there will be a revolt in November (VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!), and I’m thinking the new Congress will repeal Obamacare.   Kind of funny, if you think about it.  This will come back to bite Obama in the rear! 

Finally, from page 12 of the decision:  

Our permissive reading of these powers is explained in part by a general reticence to invalidate the acts of the Nation’s elected leaders. “Proper respect for a co-ordinate branch of the government” requires that we strike down an Act of Congress only if “the lack of constitutional authority to pass [the] act in question is clearly demonstrated.” United States v. Harris, 106 U. S. 629, 635 (1883). Members of this Court are vested with the authority to interpret the law; we possess neither the expertise nor the prerogative to make policy judgments. Those decisions are entrusted to our Nation’s elected leaders, who can be thrown out of office if the people disagree with them. It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of  their political choices.  

Of course, always remember “The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and HIS kingdom rules over all.”  Psalm 103:19