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By: Greenhouse & The Roosevelt Rubicon, Redux « FIRST ONE @ ONE FIRST

Greenhouse & The Roosevelt Rubicon, Redux « FIRST ONE @ ONE FIRST — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:27:23 +0000

[...] F1@1F in January: For any challenge to the health care legislation, at least one of the current Court’s conservatives–my guess is Roberts himself–will recognize that the political moment, at least in terms of an individual mandate for all Americans to have health insurance, is not ripe for restoring the reign of the Constitution in Exile. [...]

By: The Roosevelt Rubicon « FIRST ONE @ ONE FIRST

The Roosevelt Rubicon « FIRST ONE @ ONE FIRST — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:01:39 +0000

[...] of constitutional attacks on the now-passed Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), my original post from early January still [...]

By: Greenhouse on the Court and Political Climate « FIRST ONE @ ONE FIRST

Greenhouse on the Court and Political Climate « FIRST ONE @ ONE FIRST — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:49:03 +0000

[...] Well, no, the whole “Greenhouse Effect?” Properly understood, they are referring to me not as an individual but as sort of an embodiment of Eastern liberal media, namely The New York Times. No, I don’t think that’s the case, but it’s certainly true that over time, the court certainly cannot be completely at odds with the American public. I mean, that’s what happened in the Roosevelt court-packing crisis. I hear people speculate that if we were ever to pass a health care bill with a mandate that the court would declare it unconstitutional, but I would be completely shocked if that ever happened, because that would really be a return to the 1930s, where the court was standing in the way of major social legislation that the public had called for. So, I would be extremely surprised if that ever happened again. [F1@1F NOTE: My thoughts exactly.] [...]

By: hoboduke

hoboduke — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 18:10:48 +0000

The legal precedent, is that our legislators can reduce citizens to indentured servants to a new law. We must buy health insurance according to their dictates, not according to our freedom of choice. The new law will force insurance provide abortions. Why do I need to fund murder?
We must not smoke! We must save the polar bears! Maybe we should ban living in California, since they have forest fires every year that destroys and kills more trees and wildlife than loggers.