A conservative leap by Supreme Court

By GottaLaff

I often use the original title of an article to adhere to the original intent of the author.

The L.A. Times title to this piece was "A bold conservative step by Supreme Court". I didn't want to use that title, because the world "bold" has too positive a connotation, and "step" was too understated.

There was a lot more to the piece than this, but here are a few takeaway snippets:

Roberts has shown that when he has the support of moderate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, he is willing to move boldly on behalf of conservative causes. Long-standing laws and precedents need not stand in the way. [...]

If the Democrats find a way to enact a healthcare law that requires all Americans to have health insurance or else pay a tax, it will face a sure constitutional challenge in the Supreme Court. And there is less reason to be sure such a challenge would fail. [...]

The court's ruling jolted Congress, particularly Democrats. They will have to think twice before supporting legislation that could provoke corporations or industries to target them for defeat in November. [...]

But never has Roberts gone so far to reshape the law as he did in the campaign finance decision, raising questions about what will happen the rest of this year and in the years ahead.
Last week's ruling may be the first of several to reshape the 1st Amendment in a more conservative direction.

"They will have to think twice before supporting legislation that could provoke corporations or industries to target them for defeat in November."

Read that again. And again.

And that is part of what led to Why I Cried.