Some believe that Obama has received a leak about the Supreme Court’s initial decision regarding the Obamacare Mandate. Obama has delivered an address attacking the authority of the Supreme Court on the matter of overturning federal legislation. This stance is odd for a person still hoping for judicial favor of his policy.
Said Obama: “Ultimately, I am confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress” Obama also mentioned the fact that Obamacare would cease to exist without the funding mandate: “I think the justices should understand, in the absence of an individual mandate, you cannot have a mechanism to ensure that people with pre-existing conditions can actually have health care.”
In fact there is no severability clause in the bill, because the framers recognized that it could not function without that means of funding. The pre-existing condition problem has been addressed long ago with the HIPPA regulations. One of those P’s stands for portability. As people go from job to job, there is a mechanism to hold onto health insurance so that future employers cannot deny treatment for pre-existing conditions. The passage of Obamacare was done by flouting many of the usual congressional procedures, and, despite the trickery, no large majority of favor was obtained. A large majority of Americans continue to want the entire bill repealed.
From the past we know that Obama does not really respect the court functions as he flouted a district court regarding his refusal to grant oil rig drilling permits in the Gulf of Mexico. He also failed to appear when subpoenaed in Georgia on the matter of his election eligibility.
Here’s Obama’s statement that might cause the Supreme Court Justices to wonder when they’ll be thrown into the truck of a car, or die suddenly, with inconclusive autopsy results, as Andrew Breitbart did.
“For years, what we’ve heard is the biggest problem on the bench was judicial activism or the lack of judicial restraint, that an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law,” he said at a news conference. The health-care case is a good example of just that, he said. “And I’m pretty confident that this court will recognize that and not take that step.”
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has taken a dim view of Obama’s disrespect for the Supreme Court, and lack of respect for the constitutional separation of powers. His Justice Department has been requested to submit a report on the administrations views regarding the authority of the court to rule on the constitutionality of federal laws.
I'm surprised Obama didn't finish his rant on the Supreme Court vote with some kind of quote like, "You may wake up with a horse's head in your bed".
If I were Justice Kennedy, I would be afraid, very afraid. This was a direct threat to the highest court in our land. I was so pleased when Judge Smith in Texas demanded that the DOJ explain Baracka's remarks in a 3 page, single spaced paper. I would have preferred that Obama been told to do this himself because it appears that he has very limited knowledge of the purpose of the Supreme Court and judicial review, or the three separte but equal branches of our American government.
Barack Obama is an evil man who cares nothing for the laws of our country and denigrates the office of President on an almost daily basis.
He's a punk and thug who thinks he can brow beat the SCOTUS like some drug pusher on a Chicago street corner….wrong, again, Kenyan kommie! Obamacare is going down, and the vote may go 6-3, maybe even 7-2…sucker!