The folks in the Obama administration must not be feeling very confident about Obamacare’s fate in the hands of the Supreme Court. So now they’re sending letters to the Court with arguments they failed to raise during oral arguments.
Ben Shapiro at Big Government:
The Obama administration warned the Supreme Court this week via papers filed with the Court that if Obamacare is struck down, there will be an “extraordinary disruption” in Medicare. Medicare was not discussed during the Supreme Court arguments, since it was not a Constitutional issue. This is a practical argument, not a legal one; it’s the Obama administration applying pressure to the Supremes.
But that’s what the Obama administration does – they focus on the politics of the situation rather than on the legalities. If they can’t win on the law, they figure, they’ll push the Court to act via “empathy,” President Obama’s favorite legal standard. And if they lose, they’ll blame the Court for destroying Medicare. (Read More)
Well, we know there’s at least one Justice who may be swayed by empathy.
BARACK OBAMA – All Politics – All the Time.
He gives not a rat’s a** about you or your future. Just his own and his socialist agenda.
The unmitigated gall to threaten, push, attempt to sway or involve himself with the SCOTUS is beyond reproach. They had their chance. They did a lousy job. Just like with everything else they’ve touched.
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If this letter influenced anybody, it would probably have been Anthony Kennedy. Justice Kennedy is the “swing” Justice, and he doesn’t like to be pushed. This might have done President Obama more harm than good.
Of course, the President might actually want to see Obumblecare thrown out, so that he can run on health care reform again.
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Who is this little twerp to WARN the Supreme Court about anything?
[how appropriate, as WARN also stands for Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification....an act that Obama, fer sure, must be familiar with by now with HIS economic policies...see how the universe is all interconnected? Cool!]
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“Warning” is a nice way to put it, LC. This is nothing short of an “or else” letter. Most people don’t respond well when faced with something such as that.
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yes, let them threaten away, what part of leadership do they understand.
They would flip if the Ryan plan saved Medicare!
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“During the course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been levelled against us, charged with whatsoever its licentiousness could devise or dare. These abuses of an institution so important to freedom and science are deeply to be regretted, inasmuch as they tend to lessen its usefulness and to sap its safety.”
–Thomas Jefferson, Second Inaugural Address, 1805
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Ever consider most people don’t even know wtf SCOTUS is? Most people can’t even comprehend why these threats are so galling in the first place. Bet the average leach would call em a bunch of racists and accuse them of hate crimes, wanting to kill grandma, ect…
So when the freeloaders elect Obama, wheres a good place to move to? You know, before they tell me I can’t leave the country. Or force me to leave all my assets before I go.
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