FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Thursday, June 25, 2015
ACU Chairman Matt Schlapp Statement on
SCOTUS “King v. Burwell” Decision:
“Justice Roberts and the other
concurring five justices have disgraced their office, sprayed graffiti on the Constitution, and set America on a path toward a constitutional crisis,” says ACU’s Schlapp.
WASHINGTON DC – “Today we are reminded of why it is
destructive to have activists on the Supreme Court who are empowered by their
hubris to act as Judge, Senator and King.
“What’s clear is that Professor Jonathan Gruber, President Barack Obama,
Leader Harry Reid and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi thought they could force
Republican governors to create their own state-based insurance exchanges.
But because those 36 governors found Obamacare’s mandates so repellant, they
spared their constituents and chose the unsubsidized Federal insurance
exchanges instead.
“Chief Justice John Roberts now thinks it is his job to re-write the
unambiguous language of the law to achieve a certain outcome: the radical
Leftist dream of socialized medicine.
“Justice Roberts and the other concurring five justices have disgraced their
office, sprayed graffiti on the Constitution, and set America on a path toward
a constitutional crisis. In fact, two of these Justices blatantly
deceived Congress during their confirmation hearings, and lied to the
Presidents who appointed them. Justices Roberts and Anthony Kennedy
promised President George W. Bush and President Ronald Reagan that they would
follow the letter of the law.
“Under oath, Justice Roberts swore that he would not engage in judicial
activism. He has betrayed his own integrity, the integrity of the court
and the American people.
“Justices Roberts and Kennedy promised to only look at the statutory
language drafted by Congress and the Constitutionality of that language.
Instead they acted like corrupt county politicians, trying to achieve a
political outcome as if they were cutting backroom deals in a smoke-filled
room. The Republican-led Senate should haul these robed manipulators back
to explain why they lied during their confirmation hearings. CEO’s of
private corporations are not allowed to commit perjury before Congress.
Why should the head of the Judiciary be held to a lower standard?
“Those of us who labored to get John Roberts confirmed are owed an
apology. What is more tragic is we owe our fellow Americans an apology
for believing him in the first place.
“There are three honest justices on the nation's highest court: Justices
Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Antonin Scalia. The world should know
that Roberts and Kennedy have not behaved as justices but instead as political
hacks without term limits. They have brought shame to their office and
defied the Presidents who placed their trust in them.”
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