Harriet Miers Would Not Have Saved Our Bacon, Or A Message to the Ignorami on My Side of the Aisle

Please shut up about Harriet Miers. Harriet Miers was not nominated for the post on the Supreme Court that went to John Roberts. Harriet Miers was nominated for the post that went to Samuel Alito, after conservatives had this reaction to Harriet Miers: So please stop all references to Miers vis-a-vis the ObamaCare ruling, such as… Read More Harriet Miers Would Not Have Saved Our Bacon, Or A Message to the Ignorami on My Side of the Aisle

3 Jul 2012 AndrewLeave a comment

NRO: Robert’s Folly, AKA the Return of Earl Warren

Don’t like the law? Just re-write it! The dissent acknowledges that if an ambiguous law can be read in a way that renders it constitutional, it should be. It distinguishes, though, between construing a law charitably and rewriting it. The latter is what Chief Justice John Roberts has done. If Roberts believes that this tactic… Read More NRO: Robert’s Folly, AKA the Return of Earl Warren

28 Jun 2012 AndrewLeave a comment

Good Thing John Roberts was So Carefully Vetted…

Protein Wisdom was right, and we were wrong. Roberts has surrendered to Leviathan, and given us a ruling that makes no sense on a law that makes no sense. The AFA (ObamaCare) cannot be justified under the commerce clause, but can be justified as a tax. The Administration explicitly said it was not a tax,… Read More Good Thing John Roberts was So Carefully Vetted…

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