Tread Carefully

Many folks are prematurely celebrating the death of ObamaCare after yesterday's pummeling of the administration's lawyer---the Solicitor General---and others arguing on the law's behalf. The questioning was aggressive, the Constitutional questions pointed, and the SG a nervous wreck.

But none of this means the Justices are going to strike this sucker down.

They should, of course. Requiring every American to purchase a good or service (in this case, health insurance) as a condition of living in the United States is unprecedented and clearly unconstitutional. There are various other Constitutional questions about the applicability of the Commerce Clause, the tax vs. penalty issue, and whether this law---in the words of Justice Anthony Kennedy---"fundamentally changes the relationship between the government and the individual."

The SG, however, made the case that the health care market is unique in that everyone accesses it at some point in their lives. That led to potentially devastating exchanges with Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito. But Justice Kennedy---widely considered to be THE deciding vote---appeared somewhat softened by that argument. It could very well be that he was persuaded by the idea that, well, you know, everybody needs health care and the freeloaders are warping the system, etc etc.

Nobody knows what the Court is going to do. As much as I hate ObamaCare and believe it's a destructive piece of leftwing social engineering and should go down in a blaze of unconstitutionality, I'm not convinced that the majority of Justices see it that way too.

So, from now until June, we must hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

Comments

[LongRifle]

Black Panthers ready to Riot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=OYGqHpDBGKc#!

Told you...

[LongRifle]

Still no story on the 13 year old white boy set on fire on his own front porch by 2 black teenagers in Kansas City 3 weeks ago. HHmmmm, no congressional investigation, no ongoing reports of investigations by police, no Al Sharpton or Jackson protesting on the victim's behalf.
Poster on Drudge
PS: ...and no Presidential concern.

[Rafe]

Still no story on the 13 year old white boy set on fire on his own front porch by 2 black teenagers in Kansas City 3 weeks ago. HHmmmm, no congressional investigation, no ongoing reports of investigations by police, no Al Sharpton or Jackson protesting on the victim's behalf.
Poster on Drudge
PS: ...and no Presidential concern.

Posted by: LongRifle | March 29, 2012 at 10:29 AM
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Great points, LongRifle. That is completely wrong and deserves just as much attention.

[gringoman]

"SO MUCH HATE COMING FROM THE PRESIDENT"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnEQQnj7eXo&feature=g-logo&context=G25e6b8fFOAAAAAAAEAA\

gringoNOTE: Maybe the skinny socialist took lessons from Monica's mutants, like the vicious Socialist Supremacist trolling psychopaths, Creepy and Stinky X? Or vice versa?

[gringoman]

Told you the memo Goebbels has to challenge EVERYTHING!

Let's see if he will parrot if I mention cats and dogs!

Posted by: Jay | March 28, 2012 at 11:20 PM

Let's see if troll Creep can parrot that a trolling psychopath isn't worth any cats or dogs.

[Rafe]

What specifically did the President say that was so hateful?

Zimmerman is guilty so yes, people are angry. He should be in jail right now.

And ugh, FAUX News...

[LongRifle]

This is the kind of evidence I was talking about that will show whether Zimmerman lied or not about his injuries. It appears he did. A bonafide medical report from a hospital would be definitive.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/28/trayvon-martin-police-video_n_1386764.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-sb-bb%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D147524

[Rafe]

This is the kind of evidence I was talking about that will show whether Zimmerman lied or not about his injuries. It appears he did. A bonafide medical report from a hospital would be definitive.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/28/trayvon-martin-police-video_n_1386764.html?icid=maing-grid10%7Chtmlws-sb-bb%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D147524

Posted by: LongRifle | March 29, 2012 at 12:10 PM
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Will these facts be ignored by the ignorant? We shall see soon enough...

[gringoman]

What specifically did the President say that was so hateful?

Zimmerman is guilty so yes, people are angry. He should be in jail right now.

And ugh, FAUX News...

Posted by: Rafe | March 29, 2012 at 12:01 PM

The highest officer of the law in the land played the race card when he said a son of his would look like Travon. A clear and irrefutable injection of race before he had all the facts. This white Afro-American never injected race for a white victim of a black criminal. He does it for a black (with thug tendencies) when a "white hispanic" is involved. As a graduate of Harvard Law, he also disgraced the profession, instead of shutting his hateful mouth and letting due process and the evidence work its course. A troll can't be exected to understand "due process" but a President is supposed to be above troll level.

Or maybe Rafie is just acting dumb, in order to feel at home with trolls Creepy and Stinky?

[Rafe]

The highest officer of the law in the land played the race card when he said a son of his would look like Travon. A clear and irrefutable injection of race before he had all the facts. This white Afro-American never injected race for a white victim of a black criminal. He does it for a black (with thug tendencies) when a "white hispanic" is involved. As a graduate of Harvard Law, he also disgraced the profession, instead of shutting his hateful mouth and letting due process and the evidence work its course. A troll can't be exected to understand "due process" but a President is supposed to be above troll level.

Or maybe Rafie is just acting dumb, in order to feel at home with trolls Creepy and Stinky?

Posted by: gringoman | March 29, 2012 at 12:28 PM
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I see that as being more hypocritical, not hateful.

[Rafe]

George Zimmerman's father is a retired Judge Magistrate of the Supreme Court, his mother is Court Clerk.

Lookie here...Quite the coincidence, no?

[xbjllb]

"Lookie here...Quite the coincidence, no?" - rafe

Prison. Life sentence. Possibility of parole, which will never occur.

[xbjllb]

They raised him well.

[xbjllb]

Sounds like Zimmerman is one of the 1%.

[gringoman]

involved. As a graduate of Harvard Law, he also disgraced the profession, instead of shutting his hateful mouth and letting due process and the evidence work its course. A troll can't be exected to understand "due process" but a President is supposed to be above troll level.

Or maybe Rafie is just acting dumb, in order to feel at home with trolls Creepy and Stinky?

Posted by: gringoman | March 29, 2012 at 12:28 PM
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I see that as being more hypocritical, not hateful.

Posted by: Rafe | March 29, 2012 at 12:43 PM

Obama clearly injected race without letting "due process" and all the facts emerge. He did this in an environment (call it the undeclared Race War if you like) in which the mainstream media allows race hustlers to focus on one single incident involving a "white hispanic" while ignoring hundreds of black on black murders and many black-on-white murders, rapes, beatings etc which could easily qualify as "hate crimes."

The skinny socialist Obama was just being hypocritical, and not subtly and indirectly pouring gasoline on the race fire, while brazenly ignoring the epidemic of black violence (in many countries, BTW, not just the US)?

Split hairs, if you like. We won't.

[gringoman]

involved. As a graduate of Harvard Law, he also disgraced the profession, instead of shutting his hateful mouth and letting due process and the evidence work its course. A troll can't be exected to understand "due process" but a President is supposed to be above troll level.

Or maybe Rafie is just acting dumb, in order to feel at home with trolls Creepy and Stinky?

Posted by: gringoman | March 29, 2012 at 12:28 PM
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I see that as being more hypocritical, not hateful.

Posted by: Rafe | March 29, 2012 at 12:43 PM

Obama clearly injected race without letting "due process" and all the facts emerge. He did this in an environment (call it the undeclared Race War if you like) in which the mainstream media allows race hustlers to focus on one single incident involving a "white hispanic" while ignoring hundreds of black on black murders and many black-on-white murders, rapes, beatings etc which could easily qualify as "hate crimes."

The skinny socialist Obama was just being hypocritical, and not subtly and indirectly pouring gasoline on the race fire, while brazenly ignoring the epidemic of black violence (in many countries, BTW, not just the US)?

Split hairs, if you like. We won't.