WORD WAS that american supreme court chief justice roberts changed his mind about obamacare halfway through the process, between hearing oral arguments and deliberating. subsequent melodramatic versions emerged, in which the four conservative justices wouldn't, and still won't, speak to the chief justice.
maybe justice roberts wanted to show the world that the american supreme court is more than merely an ideologically driven mouth piece for liberals and conservatives. the supreme court should be above and beyond political philosophy and ideology, but often seems not to be.
most of the time the liberal justices and conservative justices can be easily identified, and most often their votes can be seen to reflect their personal politics. this is ecactly what happened in the vote which won the presidency for george bush against al gore, and the vote that decided immigration policy in arizona.
the american chief justice rose above his personal politics when he decided in favor of obamacare.
you gotta give him credit for that, regardless of what else you think about it. may we all rise above our personal politics a bit more often...
Bb
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