Republicans love to talk about activist judges. However whenever a law is passed they are unable to stop in Congress they run to the courts to get it overturned. Senate Republican Candidate Miller runs to court to attempt to disenfranchise the Alaska citizens who voted for Murkowski overwhelmingly. When Republicans found themselves at a populist disadvantage to raise campaign funds to fund the misinformation of Americans in their attempt to take over Congress, they ran to the courts. The courts then overturned both McCain-Feingold as well as other laws that restricted corporate direct funding of political activity via the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case.
The President and Democrats botched the midterm elections by not educating Americans on the importance of all the substantive bills they passed allowing Republicans a false narrative. 2012 takes on more importance than ever. There must be a Democratic President to appoint Supreme Court Justives and very large Democratic Senate to confirm Supreme Court Justices going forward. A Right Wing Supreme court is a clear and present danger to the middleclass with an extreme bias to corporations, oligarchs, and plutocrats.
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Mitch McConnell: I’m Counting On The Federalist Society To Help Us Get Health Care Reform Declared Unconstitutional
WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) outlined a second part of his strategy in repealing health care reform in a speech to the Federalist Society on Thursday, saying that in addition to the work by Congress, he is counting on the conservative group’s powerful, wide-reaching legal network to help declare it unconstitutional.
"It really is true that this is one of my favorite organizations in the whole country," said McConnell, immediately scoring brownie points with the attendees at the organization’s annual conference who laughed and applauded. "I really don’t say that to every group I speak at," he added, pointing out that he has been heavily involved in the past as well.
"We’re serious about repeal and replacing the health care bill," said McConnell during his morning keynote speech at the Mayflower Hotel. "We will make the case for repeal through vigorous oversight and vote on full repeal of this terrible bill, even as we vote to eliminate its worst parts. And we’ll continue to fight it in the courts."
McConnell recently filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the multi-state suit challenging the constitutionality of the health care reform law, arguing that the mandate for all individuals to purchase insurance "dramatically oversteps the bounds of the Commerce [Clause] which has always been understood as a power to regulate, and not to compel, economic activity."
On Tuesday, McConnell warned that if courts declare the law constitutional, "Congress’ specific power under that clause will be transformed into a general police power, all but eliminating the constitutional distinction between federal and state regulatory activity."
"By preventing the accumulation of excessive power, the Constitution is designed to reduce the risk of tyranny or abuse from the state or federal government," he continued. "The health care bill would remove an important bulwark… So fighting this mandate couldn’t be more important, and I know I can count [on] the support of the Federalist Society in helping us in our challenges to this affront."
The Federalist Society is a powerful network of influential conservative legal scholars, boasting the involvement of Supreme Court justices, senators, presidents, attorneys general, professors and judges at all levels. Since its founding in 1982, it has successfully shifted conservative legal ideas into the mainstream and helped young conservative superstars rise up in the system.
