Wednesday, March 13, 2013

This guy's taken a few too many gavels to the head


Yes, an actual Congressman said this:
Just because the Supreme Court rules on something doesn’t necessarily mean that that’s constitutional. What that means is that that’s what they decided on that particular day given the makeup of the Court on that particular day. And the left in this country has done an extraordinary job of stacking the courts in their favor. So what we have to do as a body of Congress is say, “look, just because the courts” – and I hear this all the time from Republicans – they say that the court is the arbitrator and after the arbitration is done, that’s the rules we have to live under and we can go forth and make legislation given those rules. That’s not the case. A perfect example if Obamacare. Obamacare is not constitutional, the individual mandate. - Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK)
Of course determining Constitutionality is exactly what the Supreme Court does. Also, five of the nine Supreme Court justices were appointed by Republicans, so his court-stacking comment is stupid and inaccurate as well. (It’s even inaccurate if you go down to the lower courts).

Oklahoma should be proud.

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