Letter: Supreme Court's role is to decide constitutionality, not the President

President Obama has recently claimed the Supreme Court could not, should not overturn his healthcare law since it was approved by Congress with a "comfortable" majority. Being a reported Constitutional law instructor at a premium university he should know that the major duty of Supreme Court is to rule on the constitutionality of passed laws. What Obama failed to mention is that the law would not have passed without bribes and lies. Remember the promises to the Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson, and to the Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu?

 Then there was the promise to Michigan Rep. Bart Stupak, who was promised that abortion would not be covered by the law. Poor Congressman Stupak seems to have been the only one to believe Obama, as none of the pro-abortion organizations objected to that promise. 

Now to follow up on the Obama logic: Obama and his Attorney General earlier announced that they were going to enforce the Defense of Marriage Act as they felt it was not constitutional. This law was passed by a bi-partisan vote in both chambers of Congress and signed by a Democrat President; which would indicate this law that they abused the Court's sole dominion, to declare laws unconstitutional.

Voice: JOHN J. CRINNION/Harbor Springs