The Obamacare Chimera

The Wall Street Journal ^ | July 30, 2014 | James Taranto

[SteveH]

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In other words, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a chimera--a monster made up of parts of multiple ordinary creatures.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (metaphorical rendering) Getty Images Let's call it half man, half snake, to match the illustration we found. The administration's claim is that it has the power to alter Congress's creation by ignoring the snake half and deeming the chimera to be all man. (Note here the rapidity with which Halbig's critics have abandoned any claim that the plaintiffs are wrong about what the law actually says.)

That is a stunning arrogation of legislative authority--and responsibility. If Congress designs a law poorly, it is for Congress to rectify the error. The administration may have a degree of discretion in carrying out the law, but it may not act in ways directly contrary to the law. Sargent's position is not far from the one tweeted last week by the satirical account @vauxnews: "The Halbig decision is a disgraceful attack on the Constitution's Good Intentions clause."

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[VRW Conspirator]

In other words, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a chimera--a monster made up of parts of multiple ordinary creatures.

I believe the author is referring to the Frankenstein creature. Replacing parts, or tweaking the law, will just result in a Frankenstein creature 2.0.

[sheikdetailfeather]

Created by the mad doctor...