In my write-up for the American Spectator about Judge Roger Vinson’s ruling that ObamaCare is unconstitutional, I predicted that he would soon be object of ad hominem attacks from our “progressive” friends:
We should expect to see a lot of “news” stories about the fact that Judge Vinson bears the ultimate mark of Cain: he was appointed by Ronald Reagan. Indeed, the usual suspects have already labeled him the “Tea Party” judge.
One hardly needed to consult Nostradamus on this. It’s standard procedure for those who can’t think of legitimate objections to decisions by judges who have actually read the Constitution. Here’s an example from the NYT:
Supporters of the health care act … saw in the language a deliberate nod to the Tea Party movement … legal scholars who disagreed with the ruling seized on it as evidence that Judge Vinson, who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican, had infused his ruling with political bias.
Note how this ”journalist” manages to fit in both the Tea Party and Reagan angles. They went through much the same exercise when Judge Henry Hudson issued his ruling in the Virginia case last year.
Once one learns to ignore the dishonesty of these people, they actually provide quite a bit of free entertainment. For real comedy there is nothing better than a progressive kvetching about judicial activism:
In a case of ‘judicial activism on steroids,’ a Florida federal judge on Monday ruled that the healthcare reform—as enacted last year by Congress and signed by President Obama—is unconstitutional.
This howler was brought to us by that old Stalinist rag, The Nation, which also reminds us (prepare for a shock) that Judge Vinson was appointed by none other than the Gipper:
‘Congress exceeded the bounds of its authority,’ wrote US District Judge Roger Vinson, a Reagan appointee who is the senior federal judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
Oddly enough, they focus so much on who appointed these guys that they somehow forget to address the actual merits of their rulings. If you’d like some actual facts on the Vinson ruling, go to my piece at AmSpec.
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