Idaho first to sign law against health care reform

AP/YahooNews ^ | 3/17/10

[Pride in the USA]

Let’s move to Post Falls or Coeur d’Alene. Idaho rocks on this one!

[southparkNationalist]

Proud Idahoan. Thanks Butch!

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[Art in Idaho]

I Love Idaho too!

Now don't too many of ya'll move up here! : )

Aww, go ahead, You're all Welcome! It's a great place!

As far as CWII, it's All the States against Washington D.C.!

[Quickgun]

[RockyMtnMan]

“Constitutional law experts say the movement is mostly symbolic because federal laws supersede those of the states.”

Uhhh, have they read the constitution, specifically the 10th amendment??

“ The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. ”

[Halgr]

Who is this legal expert????

[babygene]

Me too...

[stephenjohnbanker]

“Virginia was the first to pass health care reform legislation. They did so on March 4th. Virginia First State to Pass Health Care Freedom Act: 38 States Lining Up Against ObamaCare “

Correct. Virginia beat them all!

[yellowhammer]

Here's the way things stand as I see it:

(1) Health Care Deform is going to pass. We cannot overcome the backroom deals, bribes, etc.

(2) This Idaho law and similar laws in other states will be overridden by federal law. Not saying it's right, but that is how a court will rule

(3) Only option now is to get these 36 states to start working on a constitutional amendment. The sooner the better. We have to get the ball rolling on this before any part of HCR starts getting implemented.

[Domandred]

start working on a constitutional amendment

Sorry but they don't care what the Constitution says now. Don't think they're gonna care what a new amendment says either.

[caww]

I like this part...states.... “OR THE PEOPLE.”

sO at what point do the people take the power as it states right there?

[caww]

states will be overridden by federal law...but now wait a minute because I understand if it’s opposing the constitution then we don’t have to abide by it. Why not just resist?

[Red Steel]

I’d say it’s the Fed law ObamaCare that is likely to be struck down.

[wastedyears]

Why would it be struck down?

[Man50D]

Here's the way things stand as I see it:

(1) Health Care Deform is going to pass. We cannot overcome the backroom deals, bribes, etc.

I respectfully disagree. The backroom deals are irrelevant. Any federal version of health care is unconstitutional since Article 1 Section 8 does not specifically grant Congress the power to regulate health care. An unconstitutional act of Congress cannot become law and the people are not bound to comply with any unconstitutional act of Congress.

Moreover if Congress should invoke the Slaughter rule that does not require a vote on the bill then this procedure will have violated Article 1 Section 7 that does require both chambers of Congress to vote on a bill.

[avacado]

"Constitutional law experts say the movement is mostly symbolic because federal laws supersede those of the states."

I wonder who are the Associated Press' "Constitutional law experts?"

[truthkeeper]

BUMP!

[supremedoctrine]

Oh, we could strike down the bill, for an even more extensive list of reasons which will become even clearer
in the wake of their passage of this monstrosity, if they do indeed pass it.
“Then we’ll know what’s in it”, as Nancy Pelosi helpfully
reminded us.
And THEN we can begin to see the long range picture starting to take shape as an increasingly bleak future, exactly at the same time as we’re beginning to feel the pinch of the short-term beginnings of 3 or 4 years of NEW taxes we’re going to be paying starting TWO WEEKS FROM
NOW,taxes that are ‘earmarked’ precisely to pay for this bill , which will not control ONE-sixth of the economy, but effectively SIX-SIXTH of the economy.
As these things become increasingly clear to us, that’s when we begin to consider REAL revolt.
The abstractions we have been panicking over suddenly become
concrete, and the burdens will be intolerable.
REAL revolt?
We’ll know how to cross that bridge when we come to it.

[supremedoctrine]

Governor Christie, in my state of NJ, in a radio interview today, when asked by Steve Malzberg if NJ would likely be added to this list of rebel states, indicated he would keep all the options open, and would have his Lt. Governor study the implications.