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CapitaLost Wrote: Apr 08, 2012 8:06 AM

Would it still count as unprecedented if the reason they overturn it is to keep the U.S. from crashing into total bankruptcy? That's pretty much a matter of national economic import, but I don't think that's the issue Obama is referring to.

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Dan107 Wrote: Apr 08, 2012 11:34 AM

The Supreme Court is not in place to keep the U.S. from crashing into total bankruptcy. The Supreme Court is in place to judge whether the laws passed by congress follow the dictates of the U.S. Constitution.

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The Liberal Attack on the Court

Back in the 1960s, conservatives angry at the Supreme Court's rulings under its liberal chief justice put up billboards with the message: "Impeach Earl Warren." Today, you can order T-shirts and buttons with an updated demand: "Impeach John Roberts."

In fighting a war, the danger is always that you will come to resemble your enemy, adopting his basest tactics purely for the sake of victory. That happens in politics as well, as President Barack Obama and his allies are now demonstrating.

Obama has done his best to undermine respect for the Supreme Court on more than one occasion. After it ruled that corporations...

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