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Morning Briefing: July 2, 2012

by Jen Green

They’ve Confirmed What We All Suspected

If only half of this article from CBS News is to believed, Chief “Justice” John Roberts is more of a turncoat than we thought he was. Since Thursday, speculation has swarmed that he was originally in the “unconstitutional” column on ObamaCare but changed his mind. In this article, the writers speculate it was not pressure from the President that made him cave, but pressure from the media.

Oy. A Supreme court justice whose decisions rise and fall on the whim of the mainstream media. Who needs a Constitution–we got the New York Times!

The Litmus Test for 2016? 

Three Republican governors whose names have already been discussed as potential candidates for a 2016 run have drawn a line in the sand against ObamaCare. Wisconsin’s Scott Walker was first to speak on Thursday when he said he would not implement ObamaCare in his state–at least until after the election.

Florida’s Rick Scott and Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal have both followed suit. Another future presidential hopeful, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul said this, “Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be ‘constitutional’ does not make it so. The whole thing remains unconstitutional. While the court may have erroneously come to the conclusion that the law is allowable, it certainly does nothing to make this mandate or government takeover of our health care right.”

One has to wonder, can these men walk the talk? And if so, if one or all of them buck the system, will that be the litmus test for the grassroots when they select their next nominee?

Breaking the Natural Law has Consequences

A “minister” in Minnesota is learning that when you break the natural law, there are consequences. When Rev. Oliver White proclaimed his support for so-called “same-sex” marriage, over half the members of Grace United Community Church of Christ left. Apparently, those who did so felt God really did put a period after His definition of marriage.

Despite a nationwide plea for help, his church was no longer able to pay their bills, forcing them to close their doors.

As to why he decided to voice his support for “gay marriage,” White said, “I knew so many gay and lesbian people as people and I couldn’t for 1,000 years imagine why they shouldn’t have the same privileges that heterosexuals have.”

When did a minister’s feelings become the standard for what is “preached” from a “pulpit?”

  • Greg Grant

    Jen, something that has been neglected, understandable so given the magnitude of the Supreme Court decision, but important nonetheless is the Orrin Hatch victory in the Utah primaries.  I guess it was a landslide. 

    Does this indicate the end of the Tea Party in America, at least in terms of influence within the Republican Party?

    Does this show that the Republican Party Establishment has defeated the Tea Party?  Has their domination of the GOP become complete?

    http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/77877.html

  • JimS tewart

    One can’t understate this revelation that Roberts was swayed by the news media.  While we all know that this is the case, the vindication that this revelation provides totally destroys the credibility of the Supreme Court.

    The Supreme Court we have always been told by its defenders was NOT influenced by outside politics. It was not decided on the whims of politics.

    Now we know for sure that’s not the case.  The Court has totally been discredited,

    This is a big revelation that changes perceptions on the role of the courts in America.  So yeah, it is a really big thing.

    http://www.theblaze.com/stories/cbs-roberts-switched-views-to-uphold-health-care-law/

    • Vunderkint

      The supreme court lost its credibility a long time ago and Republicans put in many of the activist court clinkers. These people are nothing more than lifetime appointed politicians holding them accountable is overdue.

  • Danedon1

    “the writers speculate”
    How does speculation become fact?

  • Danedon1

    The reason we are seeing Governors saying they won’t take it, is because Roberts struck down as unconstitutional, the Obama-care idea that
    the federal government can bully states into complying by yanking their
    existing medicaid funding. Liberals, through Obama-care, basically said
    to the states — ‘comply with Obama-care or we will stop existing
    funding.’ Roberts ruled that is a no-no. If a state takes the money,
    fine, the Feds can tell the state how to run a program, but if the state
    refuses money, the federal government can’t penalize the state by
    yanking other funding. Therefore, a state can decline to participate in
    Obama-care without penalty. This is obviously a serious problem. Are we
    going to have 10, 12, 25 states not participating in “national”
    health-care? Suddenly, it’s not national, is it?

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