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Martha Coakley( Mass AG ) backs President Obama's law with Mitt Romney's
Politico ^ | 3/7/11 | Jennifer Haberkorn

Posted on 03/11/2011 5:50:49 PM PST by Leisler

In a brief filed Monday in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, Coakley says the fact that Romney and the Massachusetts Legislature imposed an individual mandate as part of their health care law suggests that Congress had a "rational basis" for imposing a similar mandate in its law.

“Obamacare is bad law constitutionally, bad policy, and it is bad for America’s families,” Romney said.

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1 posted on 03/11/2011 5:50:56 PM PST by Leisler
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To: Leisler

Obama is the Black Romney


2 posted on 03/11/2011 5:52:25 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (.)
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To: Leisler

FUMR!


3 posted on 03/11/2011 5:53:51 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
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To: Leisler

Coakley is still the spawn of Satan


4 posted on 03/11/2011 5:55:05 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: Leisler

I hate the RomneyCare law, but isn’t that a matter of the state of MA constitution, while ObamaCare is under the US Constitution?

I’d need to have knowledge of the MA constitution, and its language on mandates, before commenting further.

That said, Coakley is a ditz, so if she is wrong in this filing, it would not surprise me.


5 posted on 03/11/2011 5:56:36 PM PST by Carling (Obama: Inexperienced and incompetent, yet ego maniacal. God help us all.)
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To: Leisler
“Obamacare is bad law constitutionally, bad policy, and it is bad for America’s families,” Romney said.

Romney the politician:

"Obama's bad is worse than my bad".

6 posted on 03/11/2011 5:58:44 PM PST by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: Leisler

“rational basis”

Wrong test. Since it violates the 5th amendment it has to satisfy a `compelling’ standard.


7 posted on 03/11/2011 6:03:01 PM PST by tumblindice (Me? Just stirrin' the pot)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Mitt Romney, “Did I do that??”

Yea Yea, you sure did!


8 posted on 03/11/2011 6:04:29 PM PST by dila813
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To: Leisler

There is a cancer on the human race.


9 posted on 03/11/2011 6:08:08 PM PST by the invisib1e hand (Every knife in my back pushes me forward.)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
Obama is the half black Romney.
10 posted on 03/11/2011 7:13:50 PM PST by svcw (You will never understand Grace until you understand you do not deserve it)
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To: Carling
I hate the RomneyCare law, but isn’t that a matter of the state of MA constitution, while ObamaCare is under the US Constitution?

Who really cares?

It's socialistic in nature and that makes it a bad law either at the Federal or State level.

1. The law forces everyone under penalty of a huge fine to buy insurance.
2. The law steals from Taxpayers to subsidize insurance for those who "Can't Afford" it. Legal thievery is still thievery.

Bad law is Bad law no matter the jurisdiction.
11 posted on 03/11/2011 7:16:08 PM PST by SoConPubbie
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Correct. By Coakley's warped reasoning, a federal judge could impose gay marriage on the nation as a whole because a state judge did the same thing in Massachussets.

Like a typical libtard, she doesn't understand the principle of federalism. As the chief law enforcement officer in the state, she should know better.

12 posted on 03/11/2011 7:42:21 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: SoConPubbie
Who really cares?

Well, as someone who believes in states' rights according to their constitutions, I care.

It's socialistic in nature and that makes it a bad law either at the Federal or State level.

That doesn't mean that it isn't constitutional under MA state law, and using MA state taxes for it, does it?

Bad law is Bad law no matter the jurisdiction

I agree with that, but that doesn't mean that "bad law" isn't "constitutional law" according to any given state, does it?

13 posted on 03/12/2011 12:03:09 AM PST by Carling (Obama: Inexperienced and incompetent, yet ego maniacal. God help us all.)
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