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How about the limited role of the federal government?...Leahy is pathetic
Patrick Leahy tries to intimidate Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts into upholding Obamacare - YouTube
Considering the way Obamacare was passed without giving anyone time to read it, you can't really say that congress passed it.
Leahy intimated that overturning Obamacare would be as momentous, as divisive of the nation and as damaging to the court as was Bush v. Gore, which he asserts shook the confidence of the American people in the Supreme Court. But surely a striking fact about that decision is how equably Americans accepted it. This testified to the courts durable prestige, which is a function of the courts immunity to pressures from politicians. Public approval of the court is above 50 percent, that of Congress below 20 percent.
Why, exactly, would it be less divisive for the court to uphold the broadly disliked Obamacare 5 to 4 than to overturn it 5 to 4? But whether Obamacare is liked or detested is entirely irrelevant. The publics durable deference toward the Supreme Court derives from the publics recognition that the court is deferential not to Congress but to the Constitution.
Considering the way Obamacare was passed without giving anyone time to read it, you can't really say that congress passed it.
Eight months is usually enough time to read almost anything, even for slow readers. Throw in staff assistance and it's just embarrassing if they can't make it through in that timeframe.
Roberts and his wingnuts are dangerous.