Op-ed:
Will the Supreme Court do the right thing  

By: Diane Sori

As I sit here waiting with baited breath to see if the Supreme Court will do the right thing and overturn not only the individual mandate but the entirety of ObamaCare, one thing I am certain of is that is if it is indeed overturned, either partially or fully, Obama will most definitely start a rampage of desecration on the separation of powers as outlined in the Constitution.  All his blovations of the last few days show his complete lack of regard for the principles and rights our Founding Fathers set down when they created the greatest document to freedom the world has ever known.

Obama alluded to the fact that no court has ever overturned “a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress”.  Oh, how wrong he is…in fact the Supreme Court has overturned 158 Federal laws since its inception (as of 2002, the most recent year for which statistics are available; the database may be updated in 2012).

In addition, the Supreme Court has declared a total of 1,315 laws unconstitutional using the process of judicial review.

A little history: The first time the Court declared a federal law unconstitutional was in Chief Justice John Marshall's opinion for Marbury v. Madison, 5 US 137 (1803), in which he asserted Section 13 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 was unconstitutional because it extended to The Supreme Court an act of original jurisdiction not explicitly granted by the Constitution. 

Here’s a list of the number of laws found Unconstitutional or Preempted in the years between 1789-2002 according to the GPO (Government Printing Office Database):

1789-2002 Acts of Congress Held as Unconstitutional..............................158

1789-2002 State Statutes held Unconstitutional.........................................935

1789-2002 City Ordinances held Unconstitutional.....................................222

1789-2002 State and City laws preempted by Federal laws......................224

Total State, Local and Federal Laws Declared Unconstitutional..............1,315

Total State and Local Law Preempted by Federal Laws............................224

Total Laws Overturned, all governments.................................................1,539

And this, the so-called Constitutional law professor, Barack Hussein Obama, did NOT know!

So, with all his bloviations, I believe what Obama is really saying is that the Supreme Court must not be allowed to overturn his precious bill that was passed by the Democratic majority.  Remember, not one Republican voted for this bill and rightly so, as they knew it was something the majority of Americans did NOT want.

This case has Obama more worried about his legacy, especially in this election year, than he is about doing what is best for the majority, as he continues to cater and pander to his voting base, whether it be the die-hard libertards, the sheeple, the apathetic, or those tied to government handouts and freebies he so loves to spend OUR taxpayer dollars on.

I know Obama has no respect for, nor does he honor, the Constitution, the very document ‘We the People’ hold dear.  Obama and his left-wing political cronies do everything possible to trample and dishonor this document, and they show no signs of letting up.  And knowing that, I sit here and wait for The Court’s decision.  I just hope and pray that the justices have the guts and courage to do what they know is the right thing to do…overturn this monstrosity and send a strong message to Obama that he can NO longer trample and desecrate our beloved Constitution.  Who knows, maybe if they do, the ball will start rolling towards Obama’s political demise.