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Posted on 08/12/2011 10:43:48 AM PDT by americanophile
(Reuters) - An appeals court ruled on Friday that President Barack Obama's healthcare law requiring Americans to buy healthcare insurance or face a penalty was unconstitutional, a blow to the White House.
The Appeals Court for the 11th Circuit, based in Atlanta, found that Congress exceeded its authority by requiring Americans to buy coverage, but also ruled that the rest of the wide-ranging law could remain in effect.
The legality of the so-called individual mandate, a cornerstone of the healthcare law, is widely expected to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Obama administration has defended the provision as constitutional.
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Is this the suit Mark Levin hints that he has been working on with others?
Perhaps there was another motivation. Since Judge Vinson's ruling eliminated the entire law, the States had to wait for Obama to appeal. I read the Florida case many moons ago. The States were claiming the law was unconstitional on 10th Amendment issues and the individual mandate. Perhaps by striking down only the individual mandate, the appeals court gives the States the ability to appeal the 10th Amendment issues without having to wait for Obama. Is that possible? Not a legal scholar here. Any input from an attorney would be appreciated.
He can’t, the entire system would collapse.
This guys entire Presidency has been a diaster.
When this is a question, I figure I could be an appeals court judge:> It just seems so obvious.
I do not believe that to be the case, but I could be wrong. This is something up for discussion in the vaunted super committee though, as the liberals have stated that something in the order of $1.25 trillion in ‘lost revenue’ can be reclaimed by taxing medical insurance costs.
It’s going to collapse anyway once the SCOTUS rules the Individual Mandate unconstitutional.
This is the symptom of a problem already created by previous government intervention. There are any number of solutions to help address these problems. The solutions are reforming medicaid and medicare so they are not driving the costs up, and changing the culture of high cost all inclusive programs and moving to lower cost catastrophic products at a lower cost, bundled with better use of health saving accounts and the like. If there is one single thing that makes sense as a tax deduction, it is health care and medical expenses, as it will lower the personal costs to all people, and lower much of the need for government funded health expenses (the biggest ticket item in our government budget, and growing exponentially).
Can someone please put up the photo of Barry with his arms in the air saying, “Oh hell no!”
They’ll appeal to SCOTUS, and then request every single possible extension they can possibly get to drag it out as long as possible. Anyone familiar with the procedure?
Don't count yer chickens...Kagan recusing herself cannot be forced by anyone, it is something that a fair-minded and ethical judge does to avoid the appearance of impropriety. Kagan is a highly partisan leftist, and given that leftists are the inheritors of the "the ends justify the means" philosophy, I predict that she won't recuse herself. Wish she would, of course, but I just don't see it.
It just might.
“The majority “has ignored the undeniable fact that Congress’ commerce power has grown exponentially over the past two centuries and is now generally accepted as having afforded Congress the authority to create rules regulating large areas of our national economy,” wrote Marcus, also a Clinton appointee to the appeals court.”
What a crackpot judge. Just because congress has taken over the authority of something doesn’t make it Constitutional. This statement by this judge is exactly how Communism and dictatorships are created.
The only place you're wrong here is that the same solution worked well (just not AS well) with the individual mandate. Pay cash for services and medications, and the $2500 fine annually, and then sign up on your way into the hospital if you have a catastrophic event (actually, that might not be practical, but I understand that you could retroactively sign up).
Another option is to set up irrevocable trusts for your benefit and that of your family members, and to have basically nothing in your own name. Have a terrible medical problem? OK, get your treatment and then declare bankruptcy. Not terribly moral, but then again neither is using the Constitution and our liberties for toilet paper.
FUBO! I simply can't wait until the nation collectively tells that Fabian prick not to let the door hit him in the ass on the way out.
The purpose of the individual mandate was to pay for the immense cost of the whole OCare machine.
If millions of families aren’t shucking out $750 per month by force, this bad boy will create trillions in debt every year.
The MSM would have us believe he wakes up in the middle of the bed.
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