Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:<\/p>\n
I always liked this quote from Stranger in a Strange Land:<\/p>\n
\u201c . . . a politico-judicial decision unparalleled in jug-headedness since Doheny was acquitted of offering the bribe Secretary Fall was convicted of accepting.\u201d<\/p>\n
Well, unparalleled until [last Thursday].<\/p>\n
United States Supreme Court upheld Obamacare requirement that everybody buy health insurance or pay a penalty on the grounds that although the law says it\u2019s a penalty, it\u2019s really a tax, and therefore Constitutional. But it\u2019s not an actual tax because if it were, it would be unconstitutional. So it\u2019s a tax, but not a tax.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Chief Justice Joseph Heller, writing in the majority…<\/p>\n
And Minnesota Supreme Court upheld DWI convictions based on the Intoxilyzer breath test machine because the State showed that more likely than not the machine was accurate. You\u2019re guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of .08 Or More because the .08 shown on the machine probably is correct.<\/p>\n
And society\u2019s downward spiral continues.<\/p>\n
Joe Doakes<\/p>\n
Como Park<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
“Because government says so and wants to” is becoming a binding precedent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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