Posts Tagged ‘supreme court’
A simple fix for Obamacare?
Conservatives stake out an old-fashioned position by saying you’ve got to go by the way the law is actually written.
Liberals, on the other hand, say you have to read between the lines, that legislation is a “living, breathing” collection of words that only the elite can properly interpret.
Read MoreThe profane, the violent, and the demagogues
Liberals roared their displeasure on Twitter with typical indelicacy.
They were reacting to the Supreme’s Course smack down of the HHS Mandate imposed on closely held companies, such as Hobby Lobby. The Green family that owns Hobby Lobby said the mandate forced them to violate their religious conscience or be fined.
The Supreme Court agreed with the Greens.
Here are a few (heavily edited) comments on Twitter in reaction…
Conservatives 9, Constitutional Scholar 0
Isn’t it amazing that a Constitutional scholar can be so wrong?
Elites have gushed over his credentials as being a guy who really knows the Constitution. In a sharp rebuke to Mr. Obama’s resume’, the Supreme Court unanimously swatted down his assertion that he can go around Congress when making sensitive, political appointments…
Morality isn't dictated by liberal elites
By Tom Quiner The quote above is particularly relevant today. The Supreme Court is hearing a watershed case to determine if liberal elites can force their morality, their religion, on Christians, Muslims, and Jews. You know the story. The president, in another of his deceitful maneuvers, imposed the HHS Mandate on businesses. Under the Obama…
Read MoreLiberalism abhors a vacuum
By Tom Quiner The Supreme Court seems reticent. As Team Obama argues for a final rejection of the enumerated powers of the Constitution by upholding Obamacare’s expansion of the federal government, a few justices are saying “not so fast.” Justice Anthony Kennedy is skeptical and said the government has a “very heavy burden of justification.”…
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