White House: Justice Department Will Respond To Court's Order On Health Care White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters Wednesday that the Department of Justice "will be responding to the request for a letter" by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals about President Obama's remarks. Carney dismissed the notion that Obama was questioning whether the Supreme Court could strike down laws that it deems unconstitutional, the subject of the the letter the court demanded. He pointed out that the president was merely arguing that his health care reform law gibes with longstanding precedent. "What the president said both yesterday and the day before was -- what he did was make an unremarkable observation about 80 years of Supreme Court history," he said. "Since the 1930s, the Supreme Court has without exception deferred to congress when it comes to Congress' authority to pass legislation to regulate matters of national economic importance such as healthcare. Eighty years plus. That is an observation and not a particularly remarkable one. It is a statement of fact."
Hee Hee! Mr Holder just pwn'd Judge Smith with a High School civics lesson he will surely not forget. Mr Holder's letter to the 5th circuit. http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/88152952
Interesting "Politifact: Obama doesn't know what 'unprecedented' means" That's not Politifact's headline
Weird, when I click on your link I see this... "Obama attaches stark terms to possible Supreme Court ruling on health care law" Again, I don't think you know what you are talking about and are just making stuff up.
A grown man not addressing the substance of the thread, but instead hurling personal insults at other posters because of their word choice... That's sweet.
A great read -- A New Love Affair: Republicans Rally To Defend Judges an excerpt Republicans have not always been so opposed to intimidating judges. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who remains a candidate for the GOP presidential nomination, recently declared that as president he would have the Justice Department send a U.S. marshal to force judges to comply with subpoenas. Gingrich has routinely called for the abolishment of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals as well. Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) threatened the courts for failing to respond properly to the Terry Schiavo case, going so far as to call for a panel to review its handling. "[T]he time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior," he said at the time, adding that he wanted to "look at an arrogant, out-of-control, unaccountable judiciary that thumbed their nose at Congress and the president." Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), meanwhile, once attributed a series of instances of courthouse violence to public anger with judges. "I don't know if there is a cause-and-effect connection, but we have seen some recent episodes of courthouse violence in this country," he said. "And I wonder whether there may be some connection between the perception in some quarters, on some occasions, where judges are making political decisions yet are unaccountable to the public, that it builds up and builds up and builds up to the point where some people engage in, engage in violence. Certainly without any justification, but a concern that I have." Yet now that the court may overturn health care reform, Republicans suggest backing it no matter what it decides.
