# So, Furt, how'd you do it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 1, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-furt-howd-you-do-it/626900 "2012-07-01T14:39:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-furt-howd-you-do-it/626900/1 "2012-07-01T14:39:53Z")
Over in the GD thread on the SCOTUS decision on health-care, **furt** made this prediction before the decision came down: > [@SCOTUS's decision on The Health Care Law 6/28/12](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scotuss-decision-on-the-health-care-law-6-28-12/626499/27): > > Nonetheless, l’ll be a pessimist and say upheld, 5-4: Kagan, Sotomayor, Ginsberg, Breyer and Roberts. Roberts’ opinion will provide the limiting principle the government’s case failed to; essentially a “here and no further” passage. So, **furt** , how’d you do it? what led you to predict that Roberts would side with the liberals in a 5-4 split for the first time since he’s been on the Court? (I’m impressed, by the way.) ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-furt-howd-you-do-it/626900/2 "2012-07-01T15:00:09Z")
Obviously, he _is_ Roberts. Hi, SCOTUS! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-furt-howd-you-do-it/626900/3 "2012-07-01T15:04:08Z")
So the Dope has it’s very own Manchurian candidate? I’ll bet **furt** was really born in Hawaii. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-furt-howd-you-do-it/626900/4 "2012-07-01T15:38:12Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Obviously, he _is_ Roberts. Hi, SCOTUS! I think that should be “Hi, CJOTUS!” ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-furt-howd-you-do-it/626900/5 "2012-07-01T15:39:59Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I think that should be “Hi, CJOTUS!” Well, he would have told all the other justices about this place, so I think they’re all here. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-furt-howd-you-do-it/626900/6 "2012-07-01T15:57:27Z")
It’s a damn good call. I never did see anything unconstitutional about it, but I didn’t expect the court to come out with that clear cut of a decision at all. I never would have predicted Roberts as the swing vote. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-furt-howd-you-do-it/626900/7 "2012-07-01T16:04:00Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Well, he would have told all the other justices about this place, so I think they’re all here. Makes sense. I’m thinking Clarence Thomas will just lurk. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-furt-howd-you-do-it/626900/8 "2012-07-01T16:13:23Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Makes sense. I’m thinking Clarence Thomas will just lurk. Ha! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-furt-howd-you-do-it/626900/9 "2012-07-01T20:15:33Z")
And Scalia will either learn to confine himself to the Pit, or he’ll be banned on short order. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-furt-howd-you-do-it/626900/10 "2012-07-01T21:59:04Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > And Scalia will either learn to confine himself to the Pit, or he’ll be banned on short order. Just five minutes, Worm, Your Honor…