White House Readies Ramming Speed if Supremes Strike Down Mandate

Fox News ^ | June 19, 2012 | Chris Stirewalt

[QT3.14]

"Legislatively we can't do a thing, and we are going to move full speed ahead (with implementation).”

-- A Democratic “congressional official” talking to the Associated Press about plans in the Obama administration to proceed with the president’s 2010 health law even if the Supreme Court strikes down its central provision requiring all Americans to either purchase insurance or be enrolled in a government program.

The looming Supreme Court decision on President Obama’s 2010 health law has Washington in a state of high anxiety.

[QualityMan]

animal house

RAMMMINGGGG SPEEEEDDDDD

[iceskater]

When does “consent of the governed” start to kick in?

We are going to be forced to eat this crap sandwich one way or the other.

[kevao]

Will none dare call it tyranny?

None of our GOP congress-critters, that's for sure. There's not one testicle among the entire sorry lot of them!

[EyeGuy]

“Wonder who will stand up to them.”

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I think its down to us RAYCYSTS.....

[publius911]

Bookmark

[frithguild]

Animal House!

D. Day yelled out “Ramming Speed” and cut to the car emerging from the smoke and ...

[unixfox]

Republicans stand up? LOL! Do they even do that to pee?

When your balls are missing you don't need to stand.

[Ranger Warrior]

With stories like this, the people will begin to think that 0Bama wants to foment an uprising or revolution. It would be wise for this person to come to grips with the oath of office he took, required by Article 2 of the U.S. Constitution, on January 20, 2009, “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” Perhaps the “best of my ability” part was not taken seriously...

[Hegewisch Dupa]

didn’t you get the Obama = Mitt in every possible way memo???? Clue in man - Mitt even working on getting himself a big-ass wife

[BenLurkin]

“There is no justice...there is just us.”

[unkus]

FUBO!!!

[Hegewisch Dupa]

butt you know every time someone f’s BO Mitt feels it - they are so exactly alike, I heard

[Art in Idaho]

Someone enlighten me on this.

The constitution is the supreme law of the land. If SCOTUS strikes down Obamacare, then doesn't that mean it's unconstitutional? If it's unconstitutional, then one second afterwards, isn't the bill illegal? If it's illegal, then doesn't that immediately put the brakes on any Obamacare plans, spending and implementation, whether 'by decree' or executive orders?

[Flotsam_Jetsome]

"D. Day yelled out “Ramming Speed” and cut to the car emerging from the smoke and ..."

Then there's Congress. . .

[JoshuaLawrenceChamberlain]

Do it mother f****rs. I dare you. In the famous words of Under Armour, “Click ...Clack”

[SCalGal]

The constitution is the supreme law of the land. If SCOTUS strikes down Obamacare, then doesn't that mean it's unconstitutional? If it's unconstitutional, then one second afterwards, isn't the bill illegal? If it's illegal, then doesn't that immediately put the brakes on any Obamacare plans, spending and implementation, whether 'by decree' or executive orders?

You are exactly right.

[tbw2]

I can’t tell what the picture is supposed to represent. A band in a box?

[ntnychik]

Our regional health systems agency just got over 26 million dollars in implementation money, courtesy of Chuck Schumer’s influence. The locals are thrilled to hear the $$ won’t be withdrawn if the Supremes dump 0 Care.

Good article to Google is “Fannie Med” printed in the Wall Street Journal about a week ago.

[adorno]

If the mandate falls, the entire bill will be struck down. First, there is no severability clause by design. Second, how can the supremes evaluate all of the intricacies of what should be kept or not and what the consequences of each decision would be? ===> they can’t and they won’t.

Let's borrow a line from Nancy Pelosi, and change it slightly:

The SCOTUS needs to kill the mandate, before finding out what's in the bill.

If it's good enough for the democrats to vote that way, it's good enough for the Supremes to vote the other way.

[Flotsam_Jetsome]

During the “Ramming Speed” scene in Animal House, part of the bedlam included the theft of the marching band leader’s baton. The baton thief then led the marching band down a dead-end alley, and the band just kept marching right along, into the brick wall at the end.