Rand Paul: Just because a couple people on the SupremeCourt declare something to be 'constitutional'

[highplainsdem]

LOL. Press release from one of our stupidest politicians:

http://paul.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=562

Jun 28, 2012

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Obamacare, Sen. Rand Paul offered the following statement:

"Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so. The whole thing remains unconstitutional. While the court may have erroneously come to the conclusion that the law is allowable, it certainly does nothing to make this mandate or government takeover of our health care right," Sen. Paul said.

"Obamacare is wrong for Americans. It will destroy our health care system. This now means we fight every hour, every day until November to elect a new President and a new Senate to repeal Obamacare," he continued.

[cyberpj]

1. Where was he when they elected George W. Bush? n/t

[leftyohiolib]

42. he was praying to the aqua buddah

[JoePhilly]

2. Dope

[LiberalLoner]

3. He's an idiot and a tool.

[woofless]

31. Just an idiot.

Tools are useful.

[Ikonoklast]

35. Rand Paul is a Phillips screwdriver with a rounded-off head.

Only good now for poking things.

[WI_DEM]

4. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Harmony Blue]

5. Oh my...how did he even graduate high school?

This is crazy....no wonder non Americans view Republicans as strange lol.

[Auggie]

6. It's in the, uh, Constitution, dickhead

[Blue_Tires]

21. That's the dirty secret no one in the media brings up

For all the quasi-libertarian/teabag rhetoric of freedom and liberty, so few of them have actually READ the constitution aside from the second amendment...

[Turbineguy]

7. What a

[treestar]

8. OH, yeah the brigade that thinks Marbury v. Madison was wrongly decided

And still hasn't gotten over it and still wants to go back that far.

They think the SCOTUS is only a trial court for maritime disputes.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Con Law 101:

If the Supreme Court says something is constitutional, it's constitutional. That's the way the system works, like it or not. Go read Marbury v. Madison, Senator, before you flap your gums on this topic again.

[Ganja Ninja]

10. He forgot to mention it was patterned after RomneyCare.

I wonder why?

[LynneSin]

11. Then why didn't he say that yesterday when Citizen United was upheld?

[SoCalDem]

20. Yep.. my thoughts exactly... n/t

[Swede Atlanta]

12. News flash to Mr. Paul.....

Actually you are incorrect. It is well established law in this country from the seminal case of Marbury v. Madison that the Supreme Court determines which acts of Congress or the President are constitutional. It is part of the brilliant checks and balances the Founders included in our form of government.

The ACA is constitutional. You may attempt to repeal it but you will have to repeal a law that is valid and constitutional.

[Harmony Blue]

18. Trying to repeal a law that is valid and constitutional

is futile.

[elleng]

13. Right.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002869130

[NightWatcher]

14. Isn't he an eye doctor?

What does he know about the Supremes and Constitutionality? I think the Court does define Constitutionality.

[Spazito]

15. LOL!

Like father, like son, both bat-shit crazy.

[HappyMe]

16. Oy! Lol!

He's a moran.
We're gonna have to work hard to re-elect Obama & Dems. They are pissed off royally, and will stop at nothing.

[Johonny]

17. and that's why I never thought of W as my president

no matter how many times the Ron Paul said he was.

[Blue_Tires]

19. Rage harder, Randy...

[Graybeard]

22. This doofus is an embarrassment.

He is an embarrassment as a Senator and he embarrasses the Nation that there are people who actually voted him in.

[NYC Liberal]

23. Did he say that about Citizens United?

SCOTUS makes bad decisions and has made many of them. He wants to argue this one was a bad decision? Fine. But until SCOTUS reverses itself, it's constitutional.

[Initech]

24. Have these idiots actually read the constitution?

[Rose Siding]

34. Sure - They just lack comprehension skills.

..just like the people who vote for them.

[PatSeg]

25. Is THIS the health care system

the Affordable Care Act will destroy???

<img src="" width="600" height="316" alt="" border="0">


God forbid!!!!

[truebrit71]

26. That is officially the dumbest thing anyone has ever said.

What a fucking doofus...

[lumberjack_jeff]

27. Exactly. n/t

[Dawson Leery]

28. Jack Conway was highly qualified to be a Senator.

He consistently held higher approval numbers over Rand "Dred Scott" Paul, yet he lost because the southern state wanted to vote against Obama at all costs.

Sad.

[Lint Head]

29. What a genius! Rand Paul is a legend in his own mind.

[3catwoman3]

43. Can you be a legend...

...IN your own mind if you are OUT of your mind? Hee, hee, hee.

[Lint Head]

45. Nize!

[Jake2413]

30. Once an asshole always an asshole

I can't believe this guy is a US Senator.

[1StrongBlackMan]

32. You know ...

This could get really interesting, in a not very pleasant way.

Here rand paul is challenging the very foundation of our system of government and essential saying, "Just because the Constitutional Authority has decided in a way we don't like ... we are under no obligation to listen to them."

I think there's a term for that ... "punishable by firing squad or hanging by the neck til dead, dead, dead."

[SidDithers]

33. Fuck Rand Paul...

It's a next generation fuck you.

Sid

[WI_DEM]

36. "John Roberts made his decision and now he can enforce it."

[hobbit709]

37. Stupidity should be immediately and excruciatingly painful.

[madinmaryland]

38. Did he just say "our health care right"

We have a right to health care?? Whoda thunk!!

[rdking647]

39. senator shit for brains need to review basic civics

the SCOTUS are the ones to decide of its constitutional...

[nadinbrzezinski]

40. Foot meet mouth.

And the radical comes.

If they rule for us...high respect...yada

If not, damn activist judges.

Rand...you took an oath, time you read that document.

[Liberal_Dog]

41. This Clown Is My Senator

Words can't express how embarassed I am about that.

[sinkingfeeling]

44. And here I thought the idiot had to swear in his oath of office to

obey the Constitution and the nation's laws. Law established the Supreme Court as the final say on the constitutionality of a law.

[spanone]

46. that is stunning coming from a united states senator..or ignorant

[morningfog]

47. Wow. Actually it was 5 on the SC and it does make in constitutional, as long as the opinion is

good law. We live in a nation of common law. What a complete idiot.