Roberts: Not Our Job To Protect Americans From ‘Consequences Of Their Political Choices’ | Talking Points Memo

A passage from Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion Thursday upholding ‘Obamacare’:

Members of this Court are vested with the authority to interpret the law; we possess neither the expertise nor the prerogative to make policy judgments. Those decisions are entrusted to our Nation’s elected leaders, who can be thrown out of office if the people disagree with them. It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices.


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