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In reply to the discussion: Supreme Court Springs A Leak; Leaks To Conservative Pundits May Have Started More Than A Month Ago [View all]rocktivity
(44,573 posts)46. The CBS story was a hit piece, not an expose
Last edited Tue Apr 16, 2013, 02:29 PM - Edit history (1)
Chief Justice John Roberts initially sided with the Supreme Court's four conservative justices to strike down the heart of President Obama's health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act, but later changed his position and formed an alliance with liberals to uphold the bulk of the law, according to two sources with specific knowledge of the deliberations.
Roberts then withstood a month-long, desperate campaign to bring him back to his original position, the sources said. Ironically, Justice Anthony Kennedy - believed by many conservatives to be the justice most likely to defect and vote for the law - led the effort to try to bring Roberts back to the fold... link
Roberts then withstood a month-long, desperate campaign to bring him back to his original position, the sources said. Ironically, Justice Anthony Kennedy - believed by many conservatives to be the justice most likely to defect and vote for the law - led the effort to try to bring Roberts back to the fold... link
The story contradicts itself before it's out of the gate. While Roberts did feel that the ACA was unconstitutional as a mandate, he NEVER saw a legal reason to strike down the rest of it -- THAT was his "original position." In an effort to get him to change his mind (you can't be "brought back" to a "fold" that you were never in), the media leak campaign -- which is article is part of -- was born.
And I'm willing to bet that the campaign's main leakers were Scalia and Kennedy themselves.
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Supreme Court Springs A Leak; Leaks To Conservative Pundits May Have Started More Than A Month Ago [View all]
Are_grits_groceries
Jul 2012
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The fact that the GOP talking heads were pumping out their coordinated talking points about the ACA
TrollBuster9090
Jul 2012
#4
Oh yeah...I guess the HMOs are not paying her just to wear the stupid hat.
TrollBuster9090
Jul 2012
#45
Geat, relevant post. SCOTUS is a paradigm/prime example of the "good ol' boys club".
hue
Jul 2012
#13
Wouldn't surprise me if scalia was the leak. Look what a hissy fit he threw after it
calimary
Jul 2012
#28
It had to be him. He is so conflicted with inappropriate social contacts,
Baitball Blogger
Jul 2012
#30
I agree. Why do you think the Republicans acted so surprised? Will is not exactly the soul of
demgrrrll
Jul 2012
#31
World's Biggest Entitlement Program: the GOP's belief that it alone has the Divine Right to rule.
calimary
Jul 2012
#51
I'd say anyone who voted twice for Citizend United has abdicated any claim to social moderation.
DFW
Jul 2012
#22
Don't get wrong, Citizens United was one of the worst decisions in history
SWTORFanatic
Jul 2012
#23
As Barney Frank once said, I have not lived a good enough life for that to happen.
SunSeeker
Jul 2012
#25
May be interesting, but since they have been blatantly flagrant in partisan rulings
lonestarnot
Jul 2012
#41
Scalia and Rove are joined at the hip (witness the speed with which Karl started the 1st Super
McCamy Taylor
Jul 2012
#34
So let me get this straight -- are there any liberals left on this website?
Leopolds Ghost
Jul 2012
#47
Funny you leave out the 80% expenditure for healthcare reimbursement toward cost containment. Why?
lonestarnot
Jul 2012
#48