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So your problem is he once did not interpret the constitution as you wanted him to. Bummer. He has also ruled in ways I do not like, but like I feel with the rest of the justices, I have some faith they will actually attempt to rule based on the law.
I have no faith in the judicial branch at all. I have studied them for far too long to feel any sort of faith in them. I hate to say it but I feel Obama was in part right about him all those years ago when he said he would vote for corporate interests. Sure, I support his prior decision in Citizens United, but when you combine that with other similar votes a pattern starts to form that I can't just ignore. The argument that forced commerce falls under the taxing and spending clause is not an argument anyone with any sort of understanding of the Constitution would ever accept and his argument on just why it was a tax was not only irreverent, but frankly wrong. I have no idea how he will vote in this kind of case, but he seems easily moved by things outside of the constitution and that worries me.