INTELLIGENT, EDUCATED, AND OPENMINDED people cannot help but be frustrated by how easy it is to identify every supreme court justice according to liberal or conservative ideology, and how often their predictable ideologies are reflected in their opinions.
you would think, with impartial jurisprudence, and basic openmindedness, justices would tend to be unpredictable, if not politically, at least judicially, in their legal opinions. but alas, they are not..usually.
so when any of them deviates from the predicted pattern, it is cause for celebration; celebration of openmindedness. chief justice roberts was the deciding vote in the five four decision to uphold obama care, which seemed destined to be declared unconstitutional. during the arguments last spring, all nine justices seemed to take a hard line view of obama care.
roberts was appointed by bush as a conservative, but he is starting to surprise us, as a great justice will..
but justice roberts rose above the fray, as he did in the recent arizona vigilante decision, and now will become the villian of his former conservative supporters.
and indeed, while campagning for obama care, obama was quick topoint out that payments of fines for being without health care would not consittute a tax, and now the court rules in favor of obama care precisely because it considers the fine a tax.
conservatives feel duped, but obama never had any idea how the court would rule. history is full of surprise supreme court rulings.
conservatives promise to repeal obama care, the right way, or die trying.....now the real battle begins...
Bb
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