BREAKING: Individual Mandate Unconstitutional

[SuperHornet]

FoxNews is reporting that a GA appeals court has ruled that the individual mandate embedded within ObamaCare is uncostitutional. No details yet.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08 ... -care-law/

About freaking time!

[dbackjon]

FoxNews is reporting that a GA appeals court has ruled that the individual mandate embedded within ObamaCare is uncostitutional. No details yet.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08 ... -care-law/

About freaking time!

One court. Others have ruled it ok.

[SuperHornet]

One court. Others have ruled it ok.

If that's the case, then this probably ensures it a quick trip to SCOTUS. You can't have a federal law constitutional in one jurisdiction and unconstitutional in another. That just doesn't make sense. SCOTUS will have to deal with it one way or another. That was probably bound to happen, anyway.

[dbackjon]

One court. Others have ruled it ok.

If that's the case, then this probably ensures it a quick trip to SCOTUS. You can't have a federal law constitutional in one jurisdiction and unconstitutional in another. That just doesn't make sense. SCOTUS will have to deal with it one way or another. That was probably bound to happen, anyway.

They will.

[Col Hogan]

FoxNews is reporting that a GA appeals court has ruled that the individual mandate embedded within ObamaCare is uncostitutional. No details yet.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08 ... -care-law/

About freaking time!

One court. Others have ruled it ok.

While true, this is the first appeals court to uphold a lower court ruling...

No appeals court has upheld any court that ruled it Constitutional...

Obamacare is on life support, and the prognosis is not good...

[Bronco]

Shock: When Joe Wilson Said "You Lie," The President Was In Fact Lying
ace of spades blog citing bryan preston ^ | August 11, 2011



Wilson's shouted comment was in response to Obama's claim that none of the ObamaCare dollars & treatment would flow to illegal immigrants.

You'll never guess...

"The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Tuesday that it has awarded $28.8 million to 67 community health centers with funds from the Obamacare health reform law.

Of that $28.8 million, “approximately $8.5 million will be used by 25 New Access Point awardees to target services to migrant and seasonal farm workers,” Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Spokeswoman Judy Andrews told CNSNews.com. HRSA is a part of HHS.

Andrews said that grant recipients will not check the immigration status of people seeking services.

[Bronco]

500 Billion New Reasons To Invalidate ObamaCare
By HOWARD RICH Posted 08/10/2011 06:52 PM ET

A few hundred billion dollars here, a few hundred billion dollars there — sooner or later we're talking about the real cost of Barack Obama's new socialized medicine monstrosity.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi once said that "we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it." Apparently, passing the legislation was also a prerequisite to determining its actual price tag — which as it turns out is much higher than anyone fathomed.

The latest cost overrun associated with ObamaCare? A $500 billion "error" associated with insuring the spouses and children of new entitlement recipients. That's $500 billion in additional deficit spending — although it didn't stem from an "error" so much as it was the result of a deliberate miscalculation.

As it attempted to calculate ObamaCare's true fiscal impact, the Congressional Budget Office was explicitly instructed to ignore the cost of covering family members under new eligibility requirements for low-income private sector employees.

"The Congressional Budget Office has never done a cost-estimate of this (because) they were expressly told to do their modeling on single coverage," researcher Richard Burkhauser told the Daily Caller this month.

Documents obtained from the Democratic-controlled Joint Committee on Taxation confirm Burkhauser's account — and demonstrate the lengths to which Obama supporters went in an effort to hide these costs from the taxpayers.

Numerous other errors and omissions have been uncovered within ObamaCare's fuzzy math — including a $52 billion raid of Social Security and a $72 billion repayment obligation for a new "long-term care trust fund."

According to Congressional Budget Office estimates released on the eve of its passage in March 2010, ObamaCare was originally projected to add $109 billion to the federal deficit over 10 years.

We can now add more than $1 trillion to that total (and counting), shredding once and for all Obama's ridiculous claim that his signature legislation is "one of the biggest deficit-reduction plans in history."

It's also critical to remember that all of this deficit spending comes after the imposition of new tax hikes totaling hundreds of billions of dollars — a double whammy for taxpayers.

In addition to its infamous (and unconstitutional) individual mandate, ObamaCare also includes a new employer mandate tax, a new tax on "Cadillac" health insurance plans, the creation of a new 3.8% surtax on investment income for households that earn more than $250,000, increases in Medicaid payroll taxes, a new tax on medical device manufacturers, a new tanning tax, a tax hike on drug companies and at least a dozen other new "revenue enhancements."

http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysi ... maCare.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[SuperHornet]

That's disgusting, Bronco!











(Not you. The details in your article.)

[danefan]

One court. Others have ruled it ok.

While true, this is the first appeals court to uphold a lower court ruling...

No appeals court has upheld any court that ruled it Constitutional...

Obamacare is on life support, and the prognosis is not good...

Are you implying that the 6th Cir ruling is somehow less authoritative than the 11th Cir because the 11th Cir upheld the District Court?

This was always destined for the SCOTUS. Now they have no excuse to not grant Cert. on the 6th Cir. case, which is already pending, and combine it with the 11th Cir.

Now the big question is........what does Anthony Kennedy do?

Another point to be clear on - the 11th Cir. did not rule the whole bill unconstitutional like the Florida District Court did. As the title of the thread indicates, It only ruled the individual mandate unconstitutional. The 11th Cir. overturned the rest of the Florida court's decision.

But here's a question for everyone - does the bill work without the mandate?

[LeadBolt]

FoxNews is reporting that a GA appeals court has ruled that the individual mandate embedded within ObamaCare is uncostitutional. No details yet.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08 ... -care-law/

About freaking time!

Fantastic news! Perhaps this country can survive after all.

[TwinTownBisonFan]

I know this is a shock coming from a Donk political operative...

the individual mandate IS unconstitutional IMO - particularly without any kind of public option...

personally, I'm in favor of a "medicare for all" system that will allow users to purchase additional private coverage.

[OL FU]

While true, this is the first appeals court to uphold a lower court ruling...

No appeals court has upheld any court that ruled it Constitutional...

Obamacare is on life support, and the prognosis is not good...

Are you implying that the 6th Cir ruling is somehow less authoritative than the 11th Cir because the 11th Cir upheld the District Court?

This was always destined for the SCOTUS. Now they have no excuse to not grant Cert. on the 6th Cir. case, which is already pending, and combine it with the 11th Cir.

Now the big question is........what does Anthony Kennedy do?

Another point to be clear on - the 11th Cir. did not rule the whole bill unconstitutional like the Florida District Court did. As the title of the thread indicates, It only ruled the individual mandate unconstitutional. The 11th Cir. overturned the rest of the Florida court's decision.

But here's a question for everyone - does the bill work without the mandate?

that is the question. I think the Florida District court said the mandate was integral to the entire bill. That was one of the cost savings function of getting young folks to take care of us old folks. I actually don't see how any of the bill saved costs, it was more that the insurance pool would be bigger effectively lowering the premiums on all. The increase in demand would have probably increased the cost just shifted and broadend the burden.

[OL FU]

the individual mandate IS unconstitutional IMO - particularly without any kind of public option...

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Very nice. Whatever your view of a public health care system it is nice to hear that someone recognizes the importance of the constitution.

The administration realized the problem after the law was passed when they started saying the fines were a tax. They understood they had a problem with a potential constitutional challenge.

[Col Hogan]

While true, this is the first appeals court to uphold a lower court ruling...

No appeals court has upheld any court that ruled it Constitutional...

Obamacare is on life support, and the prognosis is not good...

Are you implying that the 6th Cir ruling is somehow less authoritative than the 11th Cir because the 11th Cir upheld the District Court?

This was always destined for the SCOTUS. Now they have no excuse to not grant Cert. on the 6th Cir. case, which is already pending, and combine it with the 11th Cir.

I am not implying that one is more or less important than another...what I am simply pointing out that as it progresses to SCOTUS...and I think most people agree that that is its ultimate destination...the rulings against this ill-conceived...poorly written...and totally unknown (see Bronco's post above) piece of legislation are starting to line up against it...

Now the big question is........what does Anthony Kennedy do?

Do you believe the ruling will come down to his position...

Another point to be clear on - the 11th Cir. did not rule the whole bill unconstitutional like the Florida District Court did. As the title of the thread indicates, It only ruled the individual mandate unconstitutional. The 11th Cir. overturned the rest of the Florida court's decision.

But here's a question for everyone - does the bill work without the mandate?

No...the rest of the bill would fall apart under its own lack-of-funding weight...they have to have the individual mandate to suck the money out of those who can pay to prop up the remainder of the legislation...and as Bronco pointed out...those costs are rising faster than a Space Shuttle launch...

[GannonFan]

I know this is a shock coming from a Donk political operative...

the individual mandate IS unconstitutional IMO - particularly without any kind of public option...

personally, I'm in favor of a "medicare for all" system that will allow users to purchase additional private coverage.

Certainly agree with the unconstitutionality standpoint. It's odd, because it's certainly fine if it was a tax - fine from a Constitutional standpoint. I understand how that would be more difficult from a bill passage standpoint, but going down the road of individual mandate just opens up a can of worms in the future that will just ultimately doom that part of the bill. And it was a bill that was never going to pay for itself like it was made out to be (not sure who ever bought into the whole "it will provide more health coverage for everyone and actually cost less" idea) so without the $500 for everyone who breathes it will be less attactive cost-wise.

I don't mind the idea of a "medicare for all" system with the option to purchase more coverage, but the problem with that would be the creeping of what is considered part of the standard coverage. There would be enough outcry and push to add more and more coverage, especially if it's seen that "fat cats" and other rich people can purchase better care, that that system would be just as untenable as what we have now.

[Bronco]

''''
Two for two today...
Bad day for the tyrants

Slapped down by his own appointee

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Federal judge throws out Obama drilling rules
Associated Press ^ | August 12, 2011 | MEAD GRUVER

Posted on Friday, August 12, 2011 6:48:53 PM by Free ThinkerNY

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) -- A judge on Friday threw out Obama administration rules that sought to slow down expedited environmental review of oil and gas drilling on federal land.

U.S. District Judge Nancy Freudenthal ruled in favor of a petroleum industry group, the Western Energy Alliance, in its lawsuit against the federal government, including Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.


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[danefan]

Not surprised this flew under the radar around here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ ... story.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A conservative legal hero and Reagan appointee (Laurence Silberman) wrote the majority opinion to boot.

Judge Silberman is a feeder program for the clerks for conservative SCOTUS justices.

SCOTUS considering Cert this week.

[CID1990]

Not surprised this flew under the radar around here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/ ... story.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

A conservative legal hero and Reagan appointee (Laurence Silberman) wrote the majority opinion to boot.

Judge Silberman is a feeder program for the clerks for conservative SCOTUS justices.

SCOTUS considering Cert this week.

SCOTUS is going to shoot this down like a friend of DIck Cheney on a dove hunting trip. Get your digs while you can, because your boy and his mandate are going to take it in the greasy starfish on this one.

Oh and BTW TTBF... How the hell is "medicaid for all" going to be more solvent than the "medicaid for some" that we already have? Why dont you clitorals ever think about how the hell we are supposed to pay for your stupid unicorns?

[danefan]

Cert granted for the individual mandate.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/supreme-court- ... 59881.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Hearings in March.

Decision likely well before the November elections.

Looking forward to this being decided once and for all.

[Ivytalk]

Cert granted for the individual mandate.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/supreme-court- ... 59881.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Hearings in March.

Decision likely well before the November elections.

Looking forward to this being decided once and for all.

Yup, and I think it will be upheld, 5-4. CJ Roberts has an expansive view of the Commerce Clause. It won't take the issue off the table for the elections, though. Although that Constitutional issue will be resolved, the calls for repeal won't be.

[danefan]

Its about to get interesting until the hearings occur. Kagen and Thomas both getting calls for recusal.

Kagen because of her time as Solicitor General.
Thomas because his wife has made a crap load of mula from opposing the bill.

Kick em both off.......and take away all the potential arguments later on.