Comments on: Federal appeals court nixes Obama’s recess appointments. http://moelane.com/2013/01/25/recess-appointments/ I am an evil giraffe. Until then, will stick to patter songs. Thu, 23 May 2013 04:03:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Moe_Lane http://moelane.com/2013/01/25/recess-appointments/comment-page-1/#comment-222360 Moe_Lane Sat, 26 Jan 2013 13:20:07 +0000 http://moelane.com/?p=69643#comment-222360 What probably changed Roberts’ mind was that he figured out a way to rule that the damned mandate was a tax without also having to rule that the whole suite of lawsuits needed to be tossed out because nobody was harmed by said tax yet. The above case actually does show just how reluctant the courts are to overturn legislative and executive branch decisions; they don’t like the kinds of headaches they get when they do overturn them, particularly with the Awful Example of Roe v. Wade looming over them*.

Frankly, we were lucky to get the Kommerz Klawz Roolz Awl argument gut-shot once and for all.

*I think that it was Sotomayor who said recently that RvW has been making the court’s life miserable for decades.

]]> By: Herp McDerp http://moelane.com/2013/01/25/recess-appointments/comment-page-1/#comment-222353 Herp McDerp Sat, 26 Jan 2013 08:45:19 +0000 http://moelane.com/?p=69643#comment-222353 … I think Occam would conclude the simpler explanation is that Roberts recognized if he threw out Obamacare, he’d be putting the court in the crosshairs of the Obama administration..
 
Quite possibly … but the Supreme Court IS in the crosshairs of the administration, and it will be until President Obama can appoint reliable “progressives” to fill any vacancies created by by Roberts, Scalia, Alito, Thomas, or Kennedy.
 
They had it, and then something made Roberts change his mind. I think there was more behind his flip-flop than concern for the Court’s reputation … and whatever it was, I suspect it was nasty.

]]> By: earlgrey http://moelane.com/2013/01/25/recess-appointments/comment-page-1/#comment-222331 earlgrey Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:14:18 +0000 http://moelane.com/?p=69643#comment-222331 I can’t even look or listen to them. So touching wouldn’t be happening.

]]> By: acat http://moelane.com/2013/01/25/recess-appointments/comment-page-1/#comment-222329 acat Fri, 25 Jan 2013 23:00:42 +0000 http://moelane.com/?p=69643#comment-222329 I have considered that, Herp .. but I think Occam would conclude the simpler explanation is that Roberts recognized if he threw out Obamacare, he’d be putting the court in the crosshairs of the Obama administration..
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Roberts’ “decision” just postponed a decision on Obamacare .. it is a narrow ruling, it did not say the entire thing is good .. just that the penalty is a tax.
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As Hobby Lobby, Liberty University, Wheaton College, and others are busily proving, there’s still plenty of other ways to blow it up, and at a point when Obama *can’t* use his campaign to demonize the court.
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When I consider what an out of control executive *and a neutered court* looks like .. I cringe.
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Mew

]]> By: Appeals court rules Obama’s NLRB recess appointments unconstitutional UPDATED | Fausta's Blog http://moelane.com/2013/01/25/recess-appointments/comment-page-1/#comment-222323 Appeals court rules Obama’s NLRB recess appointments unconstitutional UPDATED | Fausta's Blog Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:50:08 +0000 http://moelane.com/?p=69643#comment-222323 [...] Driscoll: Moe Lane of Red State adds, “the short version is that if this gets upheld by the Supremes (and the thinking is that the [...]

]]> By: acat http://moelane.com/2013/01/25/recess-appointments/comment-page-1/#comment-222321 acat Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:08:14 +0000 http://moelane.com/?p=69643#comment-222321 Take a look at the .. rogues gallery is being *kind* .. of Dems in D.C.
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I ask, earlgrey .. would you touch *anything* that fell off Waxman or Frank or Boxer or Durbin or Feinstein without gloves, let alone put it into your mouth?
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Cats drink milk, yes .. we also have *standards*.
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Mew

]]> By: acat http://moelane.com/2013/01/25/recess-appointments/comment-page-1/#comment-222319 acat Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:04:55 +0000 http://moelane.com/?p=69643#comment-222319 I’ve occasionally picked Ginsberg and Breyer in sweasel’s dead pool for a while now, Westcoast…
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http://sweasel.com/archives/category/deadpool
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I decline to wish either of those venomous, treasonous leaches *well*.
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Mew

]]> By: earlgrey http://moelane.com/2013/01/25/recess-appointments/comment-page-1/#comment-222317 earlgrey Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:00:58 +0000 http://moelane.com/?p=69643#comment-222317 Cats drink milk, right?

]]> By: Herp McDerp http://moelane.com/2013/01/25/recess-appointments/comment-page-1/#comment-222316 Herp McDerp Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:54:09 +0000 http://moelane.com/?p=69643#comment-222316 The more the effects of Obamacare are revealed, the worse I think of Chief Justice Roberts and his absolutely wrong decision.
 
I still think that Roberts changed his decision as the result of some kind of Chicago Way pressure. It had Obama’s modus operandi of blackmailing or eliminating his opposition written all over it.

]]> By: Finrod http://moelane.com/2013/01/25/recess-appointments/comment-page-1/#comment-222315 Finrod Fri, 25 Jan 2013 20:23:19 +0000 http://moelane.com/?p=69643#comment-222315 (Nelson Muntz voice) HA ha!

]]> By: westcoastpatriette http://moelane.com/2013/01/25/recess-appointments/comment-page-1/#comment-222314 westcoastpatriette Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:53:58 +0000 http://moelane.com/?p=69643#comment-222314 Now, kitty, put your claws back in and purr for a while. Just enjoy this ruling against the Obama regime for now. It is truly worth purring over.:)

]]> By: BigGator5 http://moelane.com/2013/01/25/recess-appointments/comment-page-1/#comment-222313 BigGator5 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:51:29 +0000 http://moelane.com/?p=69643#comment-222313 Via Hot Air, recess appointments may “all but disappear” thanks to Obama’s overreach.

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