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scottw · 04-04-2012, 02:29 AM

04/02/2012 TheWashingtonPost

Obama’s unsettling attack on the Supreme Court
By Ruth Marcus

"There was something rather unsettling in President Obama’s preemptive strike on the Supreme Court at Monday’s news conference.

“I’d just remind conservative commentators that for years what we’ve heard is the biggest problem on the bench is judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint — that an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law,” Obama said. “Well, here’s a good example. And I’m pretty confident that this court will recognize that, and not take that step.”

To be clear, I believe the individual mandate is both good policy and sound law, well within Congress’ powers under the Commerce Clause. I think overturning the mandate would be bad not only for the country but for the court itself. Especially in the wake of Bush v. Gore and Citizens United, it would look like a political act to have the five Republican-appointed justices voting to strike down the law and the four Democratic appointees voting to uphold it.

That unfortunate outcome would risk dragging the court down to the partisan level of a Congress that passed the law without a single Republican vote. As much as the public dislikes the individual mandate(this is interesting), a party-line split would not be a healthy outcome for public confidence in the court’s integrity.

And yet, Obama’s assault on “an unelected group of people” stopped me cold."

Obama’s unsettling attack on the Supreme Court - PostPartisan - The Washington Post

the only "precedent" being set here is one of an American President acting as a Third World Dictator

Pass the smelling salts! Obama `attacked’ SCOTUS! - The Plum Line - The Washington Post
to be fair Zimmy, here's a rebuttal, although, both authors are sitting on the same side of the aisle politically...

I always like to check the bio's just to see where they might be coming from...

Ruth Marcus- Ruth Marcus is a columnist and editorial writer for The Post, specializing in American politics and domestic policy. Marcus has been with The Post since 1984. She joined the national staff in 1986, covering campaign finance, the Justice Department, the Supreme Court and the White House. From 1999 through 2002, she served as deputy national editor, supervising reporters who covered money and politics, Congress, the Supreme Court, and other national issues. She joined the editorial board in 2003 and began writing a regular column in 2006. A graduate of Yale College and Harvard Law School(who apparently half paid attention while at Harvard Law unlike our President), she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2007. She lives in Maryland with her husband, Jon Leibowitx, their two daughters, and the world’s cutest dog.

Greg Sargent- Greg Sargent writes The Plum Line blog, a reported opinion blog with a liberal slant -- what you might call “opinionated reporting” from the left. He joined the Post in early 2009, after stints at Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine and the New York Observer. He lives in Maryland with his wife, son and daughter.

04-04-2012, 02:29 AM	#11
scottw Registered User iTrader: (0) Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 12,632	04/02/2012 TheWashingtonPost Obama’s unsettling attack on the Supreme Court By Ruth Marcus "There was something rather unsettling in President Obama’s preemptive strike on the Supreme Court at Monday’s news conference. “I’d just remind conservative commentators that for years what we’ve heard is the biggest problem on the bench is judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint — that an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law,” Obama said. “Well, here’s a good example. And I’m pretty confident that this court will recognize that, and not take that step.” To be clear, I believe the individual mandate is both good policy and sound law, well within Congress’ powers under the Commerce Clause. I think overturning the mandate would be bad not only for the country but for the court itself. Especially in the wake of Bush v. Gore and Citizens United, it would look like a political act to have the five Republican-appointed justices voting to strike down the law and the four Democratic appointees voting to uphold it. That unfortunate outcome would risk dragging the court down to the partisan level of a Congress that passed the law without a single Republican vote. As much as the public dislikes the individual mandate(this is interesting), a party-line split would not be a healthy outcome for public confidence in the court’s integrity. And yet, Obama’s assault on “an unelected group of people” stopped me cold." Obama’s unsettling attack on the Supreme Court - PostPartisan - The Washington Post the only "precedent" being set here is one of an American President acting as a Third World Dictator Pass the smelling salts! Obama `attacked’ SCOTUS! - The Plum Line - The Washington Post to be fair Zimmy, here's a rebuttal, although, both authors are sitting on the same side of the aisle politically... I always like to check the bio's just to see where they might be coming from... Ruth Marcus- Ruth Marcus is a columnist and editorial writer for The Post, specializing in American politics and domestic policy. Marcus has been with The Post since 1984. She joined the national staff in 1986, covering campaign finance, the Justice Department, the Supreme Court and the White House. From 1999 through 2002, she served as deputy national editor, supervising reporters who covered money and politics, Congress, the Supreme Court, and other national issues. She joined the editorial board in 2003 and began writing a regular column in 2006. A graduate of Yale College and Harvard Law School(who apparently half paid attention while at Harvard Law unlike our President), she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2007. She lives in Maryland with her husband, Jon Leibowitx, their two daughters, and the world’s cutest dog. Greg Sargent- Greg Sargent writes The Plum Line blog, a reported opinion blog with a liberal slant -- what you might call “opinionated reporting” from the left. He joined the Post in early 2009, after stints at Talking Points Memo, New York Magazine and the New York Observer. He lives in Maryland with his wife, son and daughter. Last edited by scottw; 04-04-2012 at 05:37 AM..