Court complaints ring hollow on right

I never seem amazed by “conservatives” when it comes to the U.S. Supreme Court. They publicly complain about how the court could possibly rule against their positions. The July 12 letter “Making a case for term-limiting justices” is among such cases.

But I didn’t hear them yell when the court determined that corporations were people and that making political donations was constitutionally protected speech (see Citizens United decision).

I didn’t hear them squawk when the court ruled that it was constitutional for a for-profit corporate employer to impose its owner’s personal religious beliefs on employees when it comes to the employees’ health care (Burwell v. Hobby Lobby).

I didn’t hear conservatives rise up when the U.S. Supreme Court decided a presidential election — contrary to the popular vote (Bush v. Gore).

The Supreme Court is made up of people. You win some and you lose some. Scott cutting $9.8 million from 80 charitable clinics that provide care for 830,000 uninsured Floridians.

Let’s put this into perspective. Palm Beach County OKs tax money to build a baseball stadium for $135 million. The land can support a 6,500seat stadium. Assuming that the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals sell out their 38 games, approximately 247,000 people could attend.

That is less than 30 percent of the number of uninsured being served by these clinics. There’s money for baseball but not for health care.

I have an idea. Cancel the $20-a-year tax-relief cut for auto licensing, and we’ll have $40 million available for better health care for those in need.