Posted on 10/26/2013 11:11:56 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
Sometimes SCOTUS rules for you, sometimes it does not.
IIRC Roberts left us an out by ruling it a tax and not a penalty. Until the tax is collected, nobody has standing in contesting it. Had he ruled it a penalty, it would all be over with Obamacare standing.
On the other side, unintended consequences — Having Obamacare *could* if in the right hands, make it so much more easier to transition to a different tax system, like a flat tax.
Sounds delusional.
I guess people can talk themselves into believing anything.
ObamaCare was left standing
Do you actually read before responding?
I said nothing factually incorrect.
But go on, beat your dead horse.
Mine was a general comment.
Courts are not going to “finish” Obamacare, it’s just not going to happen. It is a pipe dream.
I may be the only one on FR who thinks that Roberts may have intentionally given nobamacare a poison pill.
That poison pill could be that once is in effect, it will be open for many persons to have standing to challenge in court and eventually in the SCOTUS.
One terminal challenge would be that of “origination”, in that the Constitution plainly says taxes and spending Bills must originate in the House. ACA originated in the Senate. The “terminal” part of the poison pill is also that in the dems rush to get their magic bill passed before anyone could see what was in it, they forgot to insert a “severability clause”, meaning that ALL parts of the Bill must go back to the Congress if ANY portion is found anti-Constitutional by the SCOTUS.
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