Posted on 03/15/2011 9:52:07 AM PDT by T.Bourne
In a court of law, there are always clear differences between a political argument and one based on sound legal reasoning.
If you need a prime example of the disconnect between the two, you should have been at the public Oxford-style debate held by the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. on March 2. The debate centered on the constitutionality of the health care law’s individual mandate—specifically arguing the ruling passed down by two federal judges already that the mandate to purchase insurance is unconstitutional.
Arguing the unconstitutionality of the law was the lead outside counsel from the Florida ruling (which threw out ObamaCare entirely) David B. Rivkin Jr., who successfully represented 26 plaintiff states and the National Federation of Independent Business. He was joined by Ilya Somin, an assistant professor of law at the George Mason University School of Law. Arguing for the mandate’s constitutionality were Walter Dellinger, a former solicitor general in the Clinton administration, and Simon Lazarus, public policy counsel for the National Senior Citizens Law Center.
(Excerpt) Read more at davidrivkin.com ...
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So that famous barrister, R. Rogance, Esq., was associate counsel for the plaintiffs?
I don’t believe that the SC will rule on this based on law.
The SC will not void the (unconstitutional) law since it will not want to cause the disruption sure to follow because DeathCare is so firmly entrenched by that time. The Dems are betting on that, and IMO it’s a smart bet for them.
The only thing that will stop this is rebellion. Which I don’t believe will happen. The Republicans are already abandoning the pretense of wanting to repeal it. Not all of them course, but enough.
I dunno, I think we’ve just seen a new FR term coined.
Rrogance, worse than standard arrogance, arrogance with a sense of entitlement and tyranny.
“...We have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it...”
Send your “Thank You, BotoxIdiot” cards to Nancy Pelosi, kkthx. =.=
Like, "Arrogance diminishes wisdom." "Rrogance destroys it!"
Yes, obliterates and opposes wisdom.
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