YEAH, BUT WHO TAKES THREATS FROM JOHN KERRY SERIOUSLY? Dems Warn Of ‘Grave Damage’ To SCOTUS If ‘Obamacare’ Is Struck Down. Dudes, the old Court-packing scheme days are over. Congress polls so much lower than the Supreme Court nobody’s going to be scared by threats or predictions that overturning ObamaCare will hurt the Supreme Court. ObamaCare is overwhelmingly unpopular, just like Congress.
Meanwhile, Jennifer Rubin is savoring the hypocrisy:
But on this one, it’s the hypocrisy that is so stunning. On abortion, gay rights, extension of the Sixth Amendment to enemy combatants, and dozens of other hot-button issues, the left has gone to the courts, asking that it not be bound by the mere words of the Constitution. It’s the left that dreams up penembras, goes running for international law books, appeals to empathy and cites the collective consensus of evolving morals (or something; I can’t begin to make up stuff as shamelessly as non-textualists). If you think the left believes the courts should stay out of second-guessing the elected branches, spend a morning in an elite law school. You’ll hear how the courts can do all sorts of nifty things.
Which is why lefty attacks on the courts ultimately do their cause more harm than good. If, that is, anybody even listens.