Jeb Bush now has a Supreme Court problem

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last updated 25 June 2015

Jeb Bush's response to the Supreme Court upholding the subsidies in the Affordable Care Act is notable for a bit of curious wordplay, which may hint at some of the political headaches the decision will cause him. In a fundraising solicitation to supporters, he said, "The Supreme Court just upheld ObamaCare again."

He continued, "This is the direct result of President Obama. He deliberately forced ObamaCare on the American people in a partisan and toxic way."

Now, however you feel about the latter sentence, the former is inarguably incorrect. The Supreme Court upholding ObamaCare is clearly the direct result of, well, the Supreme Court. In particular, to continue this strange syntax, the decision is the direct result of Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the court's opinion and is quickly becoming persona non grata on the right despite boasting a strong conservative record.