Checks and Balances (UPDATE)

President Obama came out this afternoon, to speak about the Affordable Care Act Supreme Court case:

“Ultimately I am confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress,” the president concluded. “And I just remind conservative commentators that for years what we have heard is that the biggest problem on the bench was judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint; that an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law. Well, this is a good example. And I’m pretty confident that this court will recognize that and not take that step.”

Someone get me a crane, to lift help lift my jaw off the ground.

Mr. President, prefacing your outrageous statement with a claim against conservatives, doesn’t deflect the underlying point you are trying to make. Not only did you undermine and disrespect the authority of the Supreme Court, but you undermined the Constitution of the United States; you know, that piece of paper you swore an oath to uphold?

The Constitution was written with Separation of Powers for a reason: Checks and Balances; to ensure that each branch is complying with the Constitution. If the Supreme Court finds that the White House and Congress passed legislation that was unconstitutional, it is their duty, by law, to strike it down, and vice versa. President Obama, however, seems to think that unless the ruling comes out in his favor, it is judicial activism.

President Obama’s comments come as an insult to the integrity of the most respected judiciaries of the world. If I were one of the justices, I would command an apology from President Obama for his attempt to manipulate the outcome through intimidation and political leveraging.

Side Note:

President Obama : “I am confident that this will be upheld because it should be upheld…”.        —What’s judicial activism again?