tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11677794.post7608181607077216402..comments2024-03-20T08:04:12.851-04:00Comments on Right, Wing-Nut!: John Roberts Accepts The Wages Of Appeasement...The JerseyNuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03294235408620262661noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11677794.post-65744365737748837772012-06-30T12:12:54.690-04:002012-06-30T12:12:54.690-04:00A "burn the village to save the village"...A "burn the village to save the village" moment for Roberts. Because that worked so well before.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11677794.post-59031635975900024972012-06-30T07:39:46.912-04:002012-06-30T07:39:46.912-04:00Even Krauthammer - who is brilliant - goes too far...Even Krauthammer - who is brilliant - goes too far in trying to excuse away Robert's bowing to the (admittedly intense) pressure from the entire left-wing establishment.<br /><br />One thing I wanted to mention in this post - which was going to be one of my main points, until I got sidetracked - was that Roberts will soon learn the Left cannot be appeased until they get 100% of what they want. If the next 5-4 ruling should go against them, liberals will once again howl at the Court, call Robert's support of ObamaCare an aberration, and resume their bashing of the Chief Justice and the institution he betrayed in order to (he thought) protect.<br /><br />Roberts will be stunned, and his protestations will be to no avail, unless he folds again. And again...<br /><br />But that will give him one more thing to discuss with 'ol Chamberlain, who had the very same experience with a certain mustachioed German...The JerseyNuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03294235408620262661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11677794.post-7582306422499412432012-06-29T17:59:49.935-04:002012-06-29T17:59:49.935-04:00From Charles Krauthammer,
http://www.saratogian.c...From Charles Krauthammer,<br /><br />http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2012/06/29/opinion/doc4fedf857dc8cc530500434.txt?viewmode=default<br /><br /><br />Why did he do it? Because he carries two identities. Jurisprudentially, he is a constitutional conservative. Institutionally, he is chief justice and sees himself as uniquely entrusted with the custodianship of the court’s legitimacy, reputation and stature.<br /><br />As a conservative, he is as appalled as his conservative colleagues by the administration’s central argument that Obamacare’s individual mandate is a proper exercise of its authority to regulate commerce.<br /><br />...But he lives in uneasy coexistence with Roberts, custodian of the court, acutely aware that the judiciary’s arrogation of power has eroded the esteem in which it was once heldJkwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11677794.post-46063325699078497062012-06-29T16:25:00.504-04:002012-06-29T16:25:00.504-04:00Hey JerseyNut09,
Good analysis. I said essentially...Hey JerseyNut09,<br />Good analysis. I said essentially the same thing this morning on my FB page. Great minds . . .<br />Dr. Tim Hadley, Lubbock, TexasUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09653037474935854094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11677794.post-15983545483023937982012-06-29T14:40:07.630-04:002012-06-29T14:40:07.630-04:00I am amazed at the mental gymnastics conservatives...I am amazed at the mental gymnastics conservatives are doing to find 'good' in this ruling. I also laugh when it's viewed as a winning issue for Romney this November. Romney running against Obamacare is a losing proposition. As NY Gov. Alfred E. Smith said, "Nobody shoots Santa Claus."Joaquinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498096020863312606noreply@blogger.com