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Pres Obama told George Stephanopolous that the individual mandate is not a tax. The Supreme Court upheld the?
Constitutionality of the law based on it being a tax and not a mandate. How does Obama and the Liberals reconcile this contradiction? Honest answers only, please.
Also, this was passed as a mandate, not a tax. I'm not a lawyer. I do not understand how the Supreme Court can uphold a law using logic that is not part of the law?
3 Answers
- darrin bLv 79 years agoFavorite Answer
Because it's not.
Just because Roberts said it was doesn't make it one. He needed something to justify his ruling and he chose the tax law in the Constitution.
The case was not argued from a tax viewpoint. Because had it been, there would never have been a question of it being constitutional.
And one more thing: The Supreme Court has never had the authority to tax the American people. So again, just because Roberts said it's a tax doesn't make the penalty a tax.
- Anonymous9 years ago
Obama is not on the supreme court. Contradiction resolved.
- Anonymous9 years ago
Because its not. Its everybody doing what they should be doing as they can afford.