Cuccinelli Pushing to Fast-Track Lawsuit (to Supreme Court)

nbc28 ^ | Feb 03, 2011 9:51 AM | nbc29

[screaminsunshine]

This will panic the Crats.

[writer33]

Yep, go faster, Ken. Make them sweat. :-)

[Matchett-PI]

Yep!

I just saw him on FMC a few minutes ago.

[Matchett-PI]

FMC = FNC

Sheesh!

[Steely Tom]

Like heating up the floor under a swarm of cockroaches.

[tirednvirginia]

The Supremes reached down and grabbed the 2000 election recount fiasco thank goodness so perhaps they will see the necessity on this issue.

[ml/nj]

Currently, state governments and private businesses are being forced to expend enormous amounts of resources to prepare to implement a law that, in the end, may be declared unconstitutional

People are saying that it is unconstitutional for the Federal Government to require citizens to buy something.

I'm pretty sure that there was a time when most felt it was unconstitutional for the Federal Government to force the States to buy anything.

ML/NJ

[DoughtyOne]

That ruling the other day, the one that deemed the Health Care bill to be unconstitutional, was like a light being turned on while the cockroaches were playing. Look at them go...

I’d love to see this slapped down by the SCOTUS today. That’s not possible, but soon...

Can you sand “RAID”... LOL

[writer33]

It is a Constitutional issue with a lower court ruling. No reason not to grab it.

[Lysandru]

The Politcal Opportunist in me wants this issue to be still hanging out there for the 2012 election-- the better to torture Democrats.

The Patriot in me wants Obamacare killed ASAP.

My only fear is that the SCOTUS may punk out and not kill it. But then again, that would keep the issue alive.

[Old Retired Army Guy]

Does the Justice Dept. have to agree to Fast Track?

[screaminsunshine]

I know they do not want to do it. If the Obamunnists can not get a stay or appeal the ruling stands.

[Miss_Meyet]

0bamacare had SCOTUS written all over it from the get-go. These cases should be fast-tracked, since the taxes commence years ahead of the actual "care."

I am also waiting with eager anticipation to see what Kagan does about recusing herself.

[tirednvirginia]

The Supremes can reach down and grab it if they want to.

[hosepipe]

Where is the Supreme Court in all of this.. licking themselves or others?..
Are they asleep?.. on another planet?.. playing checkers?..
Where are they.. should they be SLAPPED AWAKE?...

-OR- was Alito and Roberts put in there by George Bush to hamstring the court..
To make them worthless and elite?..

Both Bush's as President were ridden by democrats like rented donkeys.. its true..
Cloward-Piven seems to have been very well thought out..
From the Clintoons to the Bush's to the Obamanoids..

[xzins]

Does it matter which case gets fast-tracked to the Scotus? Is the Florida judge’s opinion a better than that of Virginia?

After all, it was the Florida opinion that declared all of Obamacare unconstitutional since there was no severability clause. The Virginia judge declared only the requirement to buy health insurance unconstitutional.

Will Scotus combine them all, or will Scotus hear one to the exclusion of others?

[Matchett-PI]

"Does the Justice Dept. have to agree to Fast Track?"

I don't know.

[Matchett-PI]

"I am also waiting with eager anticipation to see what Kagan does about recusing herself."

Cuccinelli doesn't think she will, per his comments on FNC.

[CitizenM]

Forgive me if this has been covered but I have a question and am hoping someone who knows the answer will see this and respond. My question is in two parts:

If the Health Care bill is ruled "unconstituional" by a state judge, and/or...eventually...the Supreme Court - then would/will it be necessary to hold a vote in the Senate to repeal it?

And now...in Florida, since the HC Bill has been proclaimed unconstituional in that state -- should Florida's senators even vote (and have a countable vote)on something that is not applicable in their state? It seems to me that they can hardly approve/support or vote to repeal the bill that has been deemed unconstituional in their own state.

Isn't voting on something that is denied to have any enforceable merit by our Constitution just a waste of taxpayers' money and senators' time anyway?