Donald Trump: Roberts Upheld the Law Because He Wanted to Be Loved By Lib Media (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, July 3, 2012, 5:11 AM
There’s really no other explanation.
His ruling made no sense – saying the law could only stand if the mandate was considered a tax but that it really was a penalty.
Donald Trump told FOX and Friends yesterday that Chief Justice Roberts upheld the law because he wanted to be loved by the lib media.
Transcript Via Real Clear Video:
“It’s a disaster and obviously it would have been better if it was knocked out, but Justice Roberts wanted to be loved by the Washington establishment. And by the way, he is now loved,” Donald Trump said about Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts’ decision to uphold the individual mandate in President Obama’s health care reform bill.
“Because the way they’re talking about him, it’s unbelievable. So he is a beloved man to the liberals and to the Washington establishment,” Trump added.
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ahem commented:
Roberts is a coward. He has intelligence, but no character.
Granny commented:
@#1 – you are being FAR too kind.
JB commented:
Ahem has neither.
Right on Donald, well said!
owl commented:
So exactly how……………….tell me again……………..(all you soooo smart people)……………….tell me again.
The question is how does a President choose a Supreme?
I NEVER heard one bad word against John Roberts. NEVER. He was another ONE. He was perfection. He was young and going to live forever and was the smartest conservative on the block.
So tell me again…………..
owl commented:
Sorry………….just could not resist saying that to the all knowing ‘smarts’.
Yep. I have even read that this is all Bush’s fault for putting JR on the court. Yep, that’s the ticket.
frank commented:
he was threatened.
Deaths connected to the Obama White House
http://www.nachumlist.com/deadpool.htm
GGMac commented:
There is another possible explanation for Roberts showing himself to be a turncoat, which I’ve not seen suggested anywhere, but was my immediate reaction to the SCOTUS decision – and is still my opinion: It’s possible that HE’S A CLOSET MARXIST who – like Obama – relishes the possibility of the government having absolute control of our lives.
oldguy commented:
What determines the thinking of a justice is not who appointed them but what law schools they went to.
Larkin commented:
I’m inclined to agree with the possibility that o and holder got to roberts, (who now joins the ranks of the un-capitalized).
Vee haff vays….
Patty commented:
I believe he upheld because he didn’t want the Court to look too right leaning.
Because Roberts rewrote this law. All the court had to do is vote on the mandate. Roberts allowed the mandate to be change to a Tax.
But no matter why, Roberts has left it up to the voters. In my opinion calling it a tax, really is great because people aren’t going to like another tax and this is a BIG tax.
jimbob2000 commented:
Roberts or his family may have been threatened.
Patty commented:
Roberts didn’t get cold feet because he was worried about a nasty article about him appearing in The Nation, he did it because he couldn’t bring himself to torpedo a democratically-passed law this prominent, especially with voters able to elect a legislature devoted to repeal four months from now. That’s not an excuse — the guy had to re-write the statute to find that way on the tax question
http://hotair.com/archives/2012/07/02/did-roberts-really-switch-his-vote-for-political-reasons/
Liz commented:
I was thinking it was a bribe or he was intimidated SEIU style. Kind of like Obama did to the entire Supreme Court during that State of the Union address. Something happened to the poor mope, and he stuck it to America.
Patty commented:
I hope that Roberts was telling America and the Republicans or Democrats in Washington a dare thing. BUT HE WAS TELLING THE VOTERS TO DO SOMETHING IF THEY DON’T LIKE IT VOTE.
Patty commented:
Did John Roberts Switch His ObamaCare Vote? If So, Why?
http://reason.com/blog/2012/07/02/did-john-roberts-switch-his-obamacare-vo
Many theories out there but until Roberts himself speaks out, not sure if we will ever know.
He mad his statement why, so, now the voters must decide.
Patty commented:
But the nature of Roberts’ decision, which unexpectedly justified the mandate as a viable exercise of the taxing power but not the commerce power—a long-shot argument that even most judges who ruled in favor of ObamaCare didn’t buy—suggests that the decision was designed with the Supreme Court’s role in mind. It is possible, of course, that Chief Justice Roberts simply thought about it and found the tax argument compelling enough to give ObamaCare’s mandate a pass. But given the report that he initially voted against the mandate and later went “wobbly,” it also seems plausible that he switched his vote to uphold the mandate via the tax power not exclusively because he thought it the best and strongest legal argument, but with shaping the role and reputation of the court in mind.
http://reason.com/blog/2012/07/02/did-john-roberts-switch-his-obamacare-vo
pink tie Republican commented:
Occdam’s razor says he wanted to go along to get along and did not want the political controversy that would come with the proper decision, so he bailed on the Constitution and his duty and did the easy thing.
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