The Supreme Court 'Sounds Ready' To Throw Out A Controversial Part Of Obamacare

Yahoo/Business Insider ^ | 3-26-14 | Brett LoGiurato

[kingattax]

The Supreme Court sounded "ready" to throw out the part of the Affordable Care Act that requires certain religious corporations to offer employees contraceptive coverage, according to a report in The Los Angeles Times.

The court's conservative justices were sharply critical of the provision in the law. The women justices, meanwhile — liberals Elena Kagan , Sonia Sotomayor, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg — defended the law, according to the Times.

Justice Anthony Kennedy, a swing voter with a libertarian bent, told U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, who defended the mandate, that his reasoning " would permit requiring profit-making corporations to pay for abortions."

The rule at stake under the health-care overhaul is a provision in the ACA that requires all new health insurance plans to pay for contraceptives. The issue is whether for-profit corporations — in this case, the lead plaintiff Hobby Lobby Inc. — can refuse to provide all or some contraceptive services.

[Big Giant Head]

So if they throw out another “controversial part” of Obamacare, will the lack of severability be invoked THIS time?

[Huaynero]

Being a 10th generation Vuginyan, I cringe every time I hear/read “that” woman’s name. She should be forced to change it to Moron.

[Huaynero]

Her nibs was stopped at a local rail crossing awhile back. As the train passed, it abruptly went hard right and created a dirt road. Maybe some of her hair treatment greased the rails...

[Real Cynic No More]

And if they do throw out a portion, what about Congress’ intentional omission of a severance clause?

[Hardastarboard]

There being no severalbity clause.

You understand the severability clause. I understand the severability clause. The geniuses who wrote the law (most of whom are attorneys) apparently don't, and the nine black robed dictators for life apparently don't either.

[NTHockey]

What “law”. No one, not even SF Nan, knows what law, much less what is in it. Elmer Fudd is ruling by executive decree. Civil disobedience, like the patriots in CT are doing, is needed.

Paying the fine/tax is supporting abortions. Keep your bank balances low enough that the IRS/Gestapo can’t steal your money. Make them garnish your wages; there is no way they can administer millions of wage garnishments. Tie them up in courts with millions of challenges to the garnishments.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I now sell kudzu killer. Empty spray bottle with Sheila’s picture on it. Kills fire ants too.

[Conspiracy Guy]

True. Look in Webster’s and her picture is next to the word Moron.

[Conspiracy Guy]

A buzzard flying over her got sick, threw up, died mid flight, and fell to the ground as a skeleton.

[SkyPilot]

Obama, being the worst President in history, has appointed the worst Supreme Court justices in American history.

These women are not only incapable of rational thought and proper judicial temperament, they are both immoral to the core.

Insecurity and venom pour from their veins.

They are the epitome of what the apostle Paul wrote in 2 Timothy, Chapter 3: 1-5

"But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people."

[Campion]

The HHS mandate is just an executive branch regulation. The SCOTUS can easily invalidate it without invalidating commiecare per se.

[demshateGod]

Yall’re talking as if laws matter.

[dps.inspect]

Can we count on Judge Roberts to find a way to make it all work? Who knows, he might find an never-before observed loophole in the first amendment, or based on his own Obamacare precedent, he could just rewrite the first amendment, problem solved!

[Impy]

Why are you defending that man? He is very intelligent. He’s not being blackmailed,

I agree.

It's far far more likely that Roberts just wasn't as pristine a conservative as we thought he was, like so many before him. For some ungodly reason he wanted to talk himself into upholding this piece of crap, and he did. I see him as thinking himself too clever, caught up in typical judicial arrogance.

[bert]

-——the lead plaintiff Hobby Lobby Inc——

Omitted is a second plaintiff, the sisters of Mercy I think.

They are a church related Non Profit. The law imposes a burden on the religious rights of both a secular and a pure church corporate entity. That distinction makes the judgement more sticky.

I can believe that the court will rule in favor of the sisters corporation and let congress sort out requiring hobby lobby to provide the coverage.

[GBA]

He could be all three, but it's not hard to suspect blackmail of some sort.

His deciding opinion on obamacare, as well as his demeanor that day, looked more like last minute, changed his answer scribbling than the thoughtful deliberation he probably had written originally.

[hondact200]

How can even ObamaCare be the law. It has morphed and changed so much by decrees and edicts that it no longer resembles the supposed law that was passed. It is illegal it is not a law it is a travesty.

[LostPassword]

refuse to provide all or some contraceptive services

I wonder if ANY of the protesters I've seen on TV or read about have ANY idea that Hobby Lobby isn't trying to avoid ALL contraceptive services - only IUD and morning after pills. And how many journalists know the specifics but want to stir up anger? And how many just suck at reporting?

This is about precedent and if Hobby Lobby wins, other corporations may be able to take it further based on the ruling (if any want to, which I haven't seen evidence of). But the media accusations against Hobby Lobby seem close to libel - they are intentionally misinforming, and causing financial harm (I'm sure many have stopped shopping there).

[ThePatriotsFlag]

Nah ... I just don’t believe the “positive” hype anymore. After Roberts’ decision on Obamacare being a “tax” ... nothing from the black robed ones will surprise me. I’m not going to get all “happy” that they might side with religion. I seriously doubt it will happen.