Appellate court raises potential new threat to ACA

WaPo via MSN ^ | 26 Jun 2019 | Yasmeen Abutalab

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A federal appeals court on Wednesday questioned whether more than a dozen Democratic states and the U.S. House of Representatives have the right to appeal a lower court decision that struck down the entirety of the Affordable Care Act, throwing the law’s future into question.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, which is scheduled to begin hearing oral arguments on the constitutionality of the law on July 9, said it needed more information as to whether the House and Democratic states had standing to intervene in the lawsuit and whether their interventions were timely. Some legal experts said the request did not bode well for the future of former president Barack Obama’s signature domestic policy achievement.

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the article goes on to say that the 5th upholding the lower court would mean going to the Supremes again?

[Robert A Cook PE]

I cannot understand how a “Right to Privacy “ saying ALL medical care is between a doctor and patient only that was invented to require abortion be forced in every American is compatible with a Supreme Court decision requring ALL medical care be controlled by the government.

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Standing — meaning the right to appear in a case and argue as a party — is a fundamental concern. The Fifth Circuit has an obligation to raise and address the issue. If not, the case could be rejected by the Supreme Court for further review on the merits.

[i_robot73]

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I cannot understand how a “Right to Privacy “ saying ALL medical care is between a doctor and patient only that was invented to require abortion be forced in every American is compatible with a Supreme Court decision requring ALL medical care be controlled by the government.
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Not that the BIGGER ? of ‘by what authority’ were even allowed to pass through any judicial lips...

“The power to tax” has never been denied; the 2nd part of it is never asked, nor answered: “FOR what?”, which always leads to the above.

Funny that anyone would expect GOVT (of *any* branch) to solve the illegality\over-reach of govt...