Posted on 03/26/2012 8:11:01 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan
Edited on 03/26/2012 10:25:10 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
I will be live-blogging the Supreme Court hearings on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act from March 26 to 28, beginning at 10 a.m. on Monday. I invite readers and NRO contributors to chip in with their observations. I will also incorporate Twitter feeds from various people from the health-care and legal worlds who are covering the case.
This is my first time running a live-blog, so my apologies if there are beginners’ technical glitches. See you in this space on Monday!
Audio:
http://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/mp3files/11-398-Monday.mp3
Transcript:
http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/11-398-Monday.pdf
Windows Media:
http://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/wmafiles/11-398-Monday.wma
Real Audio:
http://www.supremecourt.gov/media/audio/realplayerfiles/11-398-Monday.ra
They have been beating the drum that they would defund Obamacare to stop it cold, but they have renegged and flinched because they're more afraid of what could happen if the President shut the government down and blamed them for it like Clinton did.
They're more afraid of that than they are of the electorate!!!
Obamacare taxes are ALREADY being paid, like the 10% Medical Devices Tax.
The question is the MANDATE
No, because her mindset is the same - if not worse - than those leftists already on the court who are going to make the same call. What’s right in their own minds isn’t remotely the same as what you or I would think: they are Leftist Ideologues.
Rick Santorum is stumping now in front of the mics at the Supreme Court. Drawing the thick line between himself and Mittins. Nothing new here, but at least he didn’t miss this opportunity.
They have been beating the drum that they would defund Obamacare to stop it cold, but they have renegged and flinched because they're more afraid of what could happen if the President shut the government down and blamed them for it like Clinton did.
They're more afraid of that than they are of the electorate!!!
Reflecting back on socialized healthcare..it began with Hillary Clinton. It was her dream to implement it into our country. Some parts of it may be ruled unconstitutional while other parts may remain. I will be back and read more on the link later..wonder how long it will take before the SCOTUS make a decision? and thanks for the ping dear Rita:)
Excellent post BT! another reason I enjoy Free Republic! the most informed site on the internet.
The SC has blocked off days to go through the arguements is my understanding.
See you on the thread later. Lets try to fast today.
That’s simply untrue. The Left argued that Thomas should recuse himself, based solely on his wife’s professional connections. It’s complete nonsense, of course.
The words of Pelosi that ring in my ear ...
“Are you serious?! Are you serious?!”
(In response to a reporter’s question about whether or not Congress had the authority to require individuals to purchase health insurance.)
Actually, the question for today is the penalty, not the mandate. No one's arguing that Congress doesn't have the authority to levy a medical devices tax -- it's whether or not the mandate's penalty qualifies as a tax that is today's subject.
If the answer to that is "yes", then the rest of the argument becomes moot, because the USSC will punt until 2014.
Audio NOW at http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN3/
As I understand it (I’m not a lawyer)
Day 1 (today): Jurisdiction of the Court to rule on the case... at least the ‘tax’ portion. Arguments about applicability of the Anti-Injunction Law to Obamacare. Arguments about whether the failure to buy insurance (as required by the Individual Mandate) constitutes a tax or a penalty. (Duh, it’s a penalty). If they rule it’s a tax, then arguments on this cannot be done until 2015 or later. SCOTUS hired their own guy to investigate this.... they are taking it seriously.
Day 2: Individual Mandate arguments.
Day 3: Severability issues.
Today’s Oral args. up on CSpan now.
The SCOTUS has released the audio and TRANSCIPTS!
http://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_audio_detail.aspx?argument=11-398-Monday
Thanks for starting this thread. Very important issue to follow carefully.
Thanks again!
BTTT.
MP3 Audio File
Windows Media File
Real Audio File
Adobe PDF of Transcript
Amen and Amen.
katie, see #53.
Yes, Nancy, we are very series!!
No. There is a special rule for tax cases: a statute says that no federal court has jurisdiction to enjoin a tax law. (Taxes can be challenged in court in other ways, but often only after the tax has been paid.) The issue for today's arguments is whether the individual mandate is a "tax," in which case its constitutionality can't be decided until 2014, or a "regulation," in which case its constitutionality can be decided now.
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