Obamacare ruling puts Supreme Court on hot seat in presidential race

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Obamacare ruling puts Supreme Court on hot seat in presidential race

WASHINGTON | By James Oliphant at Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/26/us-usa-court-healthcare-conservatives-idUSKBN0P60DK20150626

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Indeed, some Republican candidates were scathing Thursday in their assessment of the decision. Mike Huckabee, the former Republican governor of Arkansas, termed it “an out-of-control act of judicial tyranny.” Ted Cruz, the senator from Texas, accused the high court of usurping the role of Congress. “Unelected judges have once again become legislators, and bad ones at that,” he said.

In that vein, the ruling, along with a decision on the legality of same-sex marriage bans that could come as early as Friday, could hand Republicans a twin-barreled weapon with which to galvanize conservative voters into action. Four years ago, conversely, it was Democrats who made a Supreme Court ruling a centerpiece of their election message, blasting the court’s decision in the Citizens United case, which opened the door for massive corporate campaign expenditures.

Obama’s successor, whether Republican or Democrat, could play an outsized role in shaping the future of the court, said Severino. “The next president could replace Justice [Ruth Bader] Ginsburg or possibly [Justices] Kennedy and Scalia,” she said. “It would be World War III in terms of the amount of influence that president would have.”




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1. True this. Supreme Court Justices have been a Democratic election issue for years.

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2. Of course it does.. what many have been saying! mahalo apple~

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3. But now it will be a GOP call to vote. They need some new wedge to get people to the polls.

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5. yes, a call to vote, too.. so Dems better GOTV! Thank you.

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4. Obamacare???????

This article was posted Friday afternoon and the author cites "Obamacare" as the reason to preserve SCOTUS. The ACA case was 6-3 with the chief (one of the conservatives) writing the opinion.

Ahem! My dear Mr. Oliphant, Apparently you chose to ignore the earth shaking same sex marriage case issued the day your article was posted. You are a naive buffoon for not realizing that the 5-4 decision in that case is the exemplar of why the party of the president elected in 2016 is so important.

As important as the ACA case was, nobody thinks it was as earth shaking as the SSM case. Nobody... except apparently you... you babbling idiot.

Ptoo-ee!

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6. So the GOP is pissed that their Supree Cout justicies did not vote the party line.

This should be a warning that the court could be packed with people who will not be friendly. The right wing group of justices can destory everything.