Posted on 09/13/2010 3:48:13 PM PDT by ForGod'sSake
Greta’s LIVE on scene at the Pensacola Florida Courthouse with special interviews and coverage. States around the country make their case against the federal law – as this critical event unfolds Greta has the latest.
Two part series begins tonight @ 10:00 EDT.
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I’ll have to channel flip.
football v. Greta.
ALRIGHTY THEN. I’ll be watching!
Thanks for the heads up.
I think Va. has the best shot.
This is just sillyness..everybody knows that the 10th amendment is totally unconstitutional
This is just sillyness..everybody knows that the 10th amendment is totally unconstitutional
You say what???????????????
Now that is FUNNY!
This is what we need. The Obama admin having to face each days’s newscycle by aggressively fighting states over Obamacare everyday.
Obama’s nation vs. Florida, Texas, Virginia, etc.
It's possible since, as near as I can recall, VA was the only State to have passed an anti-odingacare law prior to odingacare passing. Fact is, there are probably enough State legislatures set against odingacare that it could essentially be "nullified" by them refusing to implement it. At some point, if we are to survive this coup d'etat, several States, supported and encouraged by their citizens, will have to draw a line in the sand. At which point we will determine just how far the odinga/pelosi/reid cabal is willing to go to implement their marxist utopian wet dream.
Greta's LIVE on scene at the Pensacola Florida Courthouse with special interviews and coverage.
Is the Virginia suit due to be heard in mid-October? The courts HAVE TO say obamacare is unconstitutional. And do it before the November elections.
Indeed! The longer the "debate" rages the more people will come to understand the underlying principles of our Founders' grand experiment. That a president and congress are not "the king and his court". That they are in fact there to protect We The People from the very tyranny they are implementing. If they are not up to the challenge, we'll have to take it upon ourselves to set them aright.
Yer welcome!
Thereabouts, last I heard. Apparently the multi-state suit filed in Florida due for a hearing tomorrow will get a jump on Virginia's suit for whatever reasons. Recent PRESS RELEASE from your guv:
Statement by Governor Jan Brewer: ObamaCare is Wrong for Arizona and Wrong for America – Federal Hearing TuesdayContact: Paul Senseman, Deputy Chief of Staff - Communications, Office of Governor Jan Brewer, 602-542-1342, psenseman@az.govPHOENIX, Sept. 13 /Standard Newswire/ -- "Arizona has a long and proud history of fighting the Washington, D.C. elite's insatiable appetite for bigger government at the cost of States' rights. The battle over the Affordable Care Act better known as "ObamaCare" is the latest round. Once again, the feds have gone too far."The cost of ObamaCare places unsustainable burdens on our federal government, our state government, and on American families. Further, the scheme is based on the unconstitutional mandate that every American buy health insurance. For these reasons, the State of Arizona, at my direction, has joined nineteen other states in challenging ObamaCare in federal court in the Northern District of Florida."Shortly after the states filed their suit, President Obama directed his counsel at the Department of Justice to file a motion to dismiss the case. The federal district court in Florida will hear arguments this Tuesday, September 14, on whether the states' challenge to ObamaCare may move forward. I have no doubt that Arizona and the other states will ultimately prevail in striking down the most oppressive provisions of ObamaCare. The Act is simply unreasonable, unsustainable and unconstitutional."The costs of ObamaCare are indefensibly high and unsustainable. The current federal budget deficit will exceed $1.3 trillion. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the ten year deficit is another $6.2 trillion. This is not the time for America to be expanding entitlement programs, and thereby shackling our country to ever expanding debt obligations. Instead, the federal government should follow Arizona's example and cut spending. America needs a long-term plan that will balance our federal budget and bring stability to our economy."In addition to burdening the federal budget, the Act unconstitutionally imposes staggering new costs and obligations on the states. It transforms Medicaid from a federal-state partnership to reimburse needy persons' medical costs into a vast federally-mandated program to benefit millions of persons with incomes above the poverty line. While the states previously had discretion to manage their programs consistent with the needs of their citizens – indeed, Arizona's own Medicaid program, AHCCCS, is a model nationwide – the Act now limits state flexibility and turns the states into an administrative arm of the federal government. It also compels the states to assume responsibility not only for cost reimbursement but for the provision of the healthcare services. These changes will add more than $1 billion per year in costs to an already overstrained state budget."ObamaCare also forces private insurance plans to expand coverage. While some of these changes may seem fair on the surface, ultimately the costs of these changes are borne by families. According to the Wall Street Journal, coverage changes demanded by ObamaCare could increase some premiums as much as 9 percent. Many Arizonans have already been told by their employers to expect high increases in their insurance premiums that will dramatically impact their household budgets."Ultimately, the law is unconstitutional. It represents an unprecedented intrusion on the sovereignty of the states and the freedom of their citizens. Congress is using its authority under the Commerce Clause to require citizens to purchase health insurance or face a stiff penalty. This overreaching application of the Commerce Clause cannot withstand constitutional scrutiny."Congress's commerce power extends to regulation of activities having a substantial relation to interstate commerce, but it may not be used to compel individuals to enter a marketplace. Likewise, Congress's power to tax does not authorize it to compel persons to buy specific insurance products. By enacting ObamaCare, Congress has seized powers denied it under the Tenth Amendment, in violation of the Constitution's federalist structure and individual rights under the Fifth and Ninth Amendments."ObamaCare is a key point upon which Attorney General Goddard and I differ. I asked the Attorney General as the Arizona chief legal officer to join his colleagues in the other states in reviewing the constitutionality of the proposed law as it was making its way through Congress last year. He said no. Once it passed, I asked him to join the other states in challenging the law. He said no. In fact, Mr. Goddard recently argued that Arizona is "better off" with ObamaCare. Realizing that Congress has crossed the constitutional line and Attorney General Goddard was going to do nothing to protect Arizona's citizens, I called the Arizona Legislature into special session to remove his authority to speak for the state on this matter. The Legislature, without pause, authorized me to join the multistate suit on behalf of the citizens of Arizona."In addition to ObamaCare's constitutional deficiencies, citizens simply do not support the law's mandate that they purchase insurance or incur federal penalties. Just weeks ago Missouri voters rejected any federal mandate to purchase health insurance with the measure passing with more than 70 percent of the vote. On November 2, 2010, Arizona citizens will vote on Proposition 106, which is similar to Missouri's new law. I support Proposition 106 and have every reason to believe that Arizona voters will overwhelmingly pass this measure and, when they do, a clear message will be sent to the president and Congress that this type of overreaching by the federal government will no longer be tolerated."When these cases are ultimately decided in favor of the states on the merits, it will be a great day for the citizens who have the right to set their own health care policies and the states who have constitutionally guaranteed sovereignty to establish their own policies in the area of health care."
Fingers crossed and prayers will be said that all goes well tomorrow. Appreciate the press release...hadn’t seen that before.
Interesting that the multi-states suit is happening tomorrow. Last I heard was it wouldn’t be heard until after Nov. 2. However, I’m NOT complaining. The sooner the better.
You know, the more I think about it, the more I believe tomorrow will be something akin to a preliminary hearing. IOW, the judge will make a ruling, like in the VA case several weeks ago, whether the case should proceed on the merits. McCollum said a few minutes ago to Greta that the VA suit was indeed ahead of the Florida suit, FWIW.
Watched it. Hope Pam Bondi wins in Florida. The RAT is an avowed statist.
Yeah but, but, didn't you notice his concern was for the children -- and illegals??? SHEESH; you are soooo insensitive! But yeah, the Bondi lady seems to have her head screwed on straight. Overall I am disappointed in Greta's handling of this affair. I was under the impression she would devote most of her show to the lawsuits against odingacare. And I suppose she just can't help herself but she almost always manages to slip in a touchy-feely question that if a conservative answers honesty like, "It's NOT consitutional REGARDLESS how it might hurt 'the children'", just makes an awful soundbite. I HATE that!
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