Posted on 12/11/2013 5:13:59 AM PST by IbJensen
South Carolina, my state. Tom Davis, my state senator. It is great to feel a little pride in your government for a change! (...now, about the removal of Lindsey Graham...)
SC isn’t prohibiting the feds from coming in and implementing the law. The ruling just prohibits state resources to be used.
the end result may indeed be the same, but there is a HUGE difference between an issue that comes before a State court which then rules, and a law that is passed by the State legislature and signed by the Governor. The State law can only be trumped by the Constitution, and we know that Obamacare is not in the Constitution.
It seems to me that the passage of State laws goes straight to the heart of State Sovereignty, whereas rulings by State courts are less sovereign given that they can be overturned by the Supreme Court.
Congratulations to SC for leading the way again just like it did in 1861!
Now if they could only oust Grahamnesty.....
Tomato, tomota but agreed the end result is the same no matter what it is called.
First gallant South Carolina nobly made the stand...
HURRAH FOR THE BONNY BLUE FLAG THAT BEARS A SINGLE STAR!
The whole pimp and hooker ACORN setup was a bit of an eyeroller... but it worked. This time around, he brings along a young, handsome black man to put the black female apparatchiks (that typically work these sort of useless bureaucracy jobs) at ease.
I liked how, early in the video, Melissa from Change Happens kept saying as she walked James and his cameraman to the exterior office door, "You can leave now, you can leave now" over and over again... Oh... I can leave now? Thanks. I can also run a 4 minute mile, give you the best orgasm you ever had in your life (way better than your girlfriend), and then pull Hope, Change and a dozen longstem roses out of my ass for you, Melissa.
Seriously, what sort of language is that crap? "I can leave now"... you know... I recognize it as nothing more than the pure "HR-speak" that is taught in countless meaningless "Insert Your Victimized or Entitled Group/Race/Class here" Studies degree curriculums across the nation.
Is it any wonder that we have lost the republic and American Exceptionalism is targeted by this gub'mint to be destroyed? I mean look at these zombies... it's what they WANT. Christ Almighty.
Wholeheartedly agree!
The next step is for the State to reclaim is regulation of Health Insurance. The State should order the Insurance Companies to ignore the HHS mandate to not sell insurance policies that do not meet Obamacare Standards, and allow policy holders to switch to non-compliant policies which the State will approve, just as they did before the mandate was issued.
The DOJ will immediately file suit, the State will respond with a 10th amendment justification. As I remember, an early Supreme Court Decision noted the limitation of Federal powers, listing issues which were purely State responsibilities, and insurance was on that list.
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