The news just came out that the Supreme Court has upheld the health insurance mandate, but they called it a tax. The Right will surely be outraged and say that they are being taxed to support the welfare state. Expect more money to flow to the Republicans. Yet it seems that Romney has already maxed out on 'Crazy'. His is already getting more money than he can use.
Update: 7/2/12
I found this article, about how Chief Justice Roberts came to his decision. It appears that he originally sided with the conservatives but changed his mind because he was concern about the long term credibility of the Supreme Court. What was interesting was that Justice Kennedy tried very persistently to make Roberts come back to the conservative position. Since Kennedy was supposedly the swing vote, it showed that the Affordable Care Act never had a chance if that was true. Until now, Justice Kennedy might have been concerned to be to most powerful man in America. With Roberts changing his vote, is Roberts now the new top dog?
Update: 7/2/12
I found this article, about how Chief Justice Roberts came to his decision. It appears that he originally sided with the conservatives but changed his mind because he was concern about the long term credibility of the Supreme Court. What was interesting was that Justice Kennedy tried very persistently to make Roberts come back to the conservative position. Since Kennedy was supposedly the swing vote, it showed that the Affordable Care Act never had a chance if that was true. Until now, Justice Kennedy might have been concerned to be to most powerful man in America. With Roberts changing his vote, is Roberts now the new top dog?
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ReplyDeleteI just found out that the decision was 5-4 with Roberts as the deciding vote. So in a way, the predictions were right that Kennedy would vote against the mandate. Roberts vote was definitely a surprise. Did Roberts save the integrity of the Supreme Court? Is Roberts going to be the next Earl Warren?
ReplyDeleteI have never been in favor of this legislation; I wish the Court had struck it down entirely. Then we could start over again and possibly get it right. Everyone says that Medicare is very popular; why then is not Medicare for everyone acceptable?
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid that the uncertainty of this legislation (with Republicans vowing to demolish it) will impact the economic recovery adversely. Business need to know for sure what to expect. Everything has been in such a flux lately. Dory
PS I doubt Roberts is going to be the next Earl Warren.
Robert may not be as liberal as Earl Warren, but he is not following the party line. He may get vilified by the Right because of his vote on Healthcare. Roberts was brought in young and it was assumed that the position of Chief Justice would be assured for the Right for many years to come. But just like Warren, Roberts did not do as expected by those that put him there.
DeleteI just learned the while the mandate was upheld, the expansion of Medicaid in the states is now optional. So this means that medicaid expansion will now be a state election issue. There are several swing states that filed a lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act. This includes Florida, Virginia, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Iowa.
ReplyDeleteThe only welfare program that the Republicans' support are those that give money to the rich.
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