[quote=klydon1]Slavery was law at one time too, with several Democrat presidents defending it. Justices also came out with decisions like Dred Scott. The ACA was Justice Roberts' Dred Scott decision. He "deemed" it Constitutional although there was clearly nothing Constitutional about it. Justice Kennedy saw through that facade.
I join ronnie and lilo in finding that this analogy is baseless, misplaced and silly. In fact, relying on Scott v. Sandford as justification for Boehner's actions contradicts your premise. First, Scott was a judicial decision overturning an Act of Congress whereas the ACA was a legislative enactment signed into law. Scott was overturned through the constitutional process by the enactment of the XIV Amendment. In the present matter Boehner is evading the statutory process to undermine a valid law by withholding funding for the federal government.
There are benefits and problems with ACA as well as voluminous misinformation about it. It will likely need to be revisted, amended and reconfigured in the coming years as it is put into practice. But by stonewalling to create a government shutdown, Boehner is trying to do through illegitimate means what he wasn't able to do through legitimate means.
