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Obamacare Goes to the Supreme Court
Townhall.com ^ | 3/26/2012 | Kate Hicks

Posted on 03/26/2012 4:55:06 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross

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Great overview and insights into the SCOTUS oral arguments on 0bamacare from Kate Hicks.
1 posted on 03/26/2012 4:55:16 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross
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To: Servant of the Cross
If Kennedy goes to the Left—get ready for Big Government to force you at jack-booted thug gun-point to buy Green Giant peas—and to eat them!

And as to being forced by Big Brother to purchase a particular product or pay a "fine..."

...we all know what happens to those who don't pay the fines...

...here come the cattle cars.

2 posted on 03/26/2012 5:03:25 AM PDT by Happy Rain ("Rick or Mitt take your pick.")
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To: Servant of the Cross

The fix is in.

0bama0care will be declared constitutional.

I will be very surprised if 0bama0care does not survive this challenge.

The only way to kill it is with legislation.

That won’t happen either.


3 posted on 03/26/2012 5:05:11 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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To: Servant of the Cross
Let's start with the title: Patient Protection {anything but} and Affordable Care {proven to not be so} Act

So, to begin with, the title is false advertising!!! That should be enough to convince anyone that it can't be good for America.

4 posted on 03/26/2012 5:06:18 AM PDT by jda ("Righteousness exalts a nation . . .")
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To: Servant of the Cross

“Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” NOT!

All laws passed by the Fed mean the opposite of what they are labeled. It’s much like the old Communist countries such as the “People’s Republic of Germany”.


5 posted on 03/26/2012 5:10:25 AM PDT by 6SJ7 (Meh.)
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To: Servant of the Cross

—The government, on the other hand, contends that healthcare is “different,” because at one point or another in our lives, all of us need it.—

Kinda like food and water are “different”.


6 posted on 03/26/2012 5:11:22 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: Westbrook
The fix is in. 0bama0care will be declared constitutional.

Even if the Supremes find a way to contort the constitution interpretation, my understanding is that it is still illegale to force anyone to enter a contract under duress. Forcing someone to enter a contract with a health innsuarnce company under the threat of a fine/imprisonment, certainly qualifies as duress. The bottom line is the mandate is illegal under Contract Law.

7 posted on 03/26/2012 5:19:06 AM PDT by Go Gordon (President Poverty - President Downgrade - President Food Stamp - President Pantywaist - B. H. Obama)
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To: 6SJ7

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.


8 posted on 03/26/2012 5:19:59 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
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To: Go Gordon

-—The bottom line is the mandate is illegal under Contract Law.-—

I hope the judges realize that beyond a certain point, the law becomes meaningless, and then... drumroll please.... they’re out of a job.


9 posted on 03/26/2012 5:23:45 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Viva Christo Rey)
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To: Happy Rain

yep, I expect the government to force everyone to buy overpriced american cars next, ones only built by unions.


10 posted on 03/26/2012 5:52:27 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Go Newt!)
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To: Go Gordon

> The bottom line is the mandate is illegal under Contract Law.

We are no longer living in a nation of law.

The law is whatever the president and his cheerleaders in the press and the Congress say it is.

They whip up the sentiments of the people until polls show that a majority of the people support the president’s fiat law.

We are living in a democracy. A mob rule.

As a case in point, George Zimmerman has already been tried and convicted by the American press and the Kenyan presidink hisse’f. If Zimmerman walks, there will be riots and killings of whites like never before.

Likewise with 0bama0 care. If it is declared unconstitutional, there will be riots and killings because the useful idiots will believe the press and the Kenyan presidink telling them that a natural born birth right has been denied to them.

The SCOTUS will fold to popular opinion.

And it won’t be the first time, nor the last.


11 posted on 03/26/2012 5:52:47 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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To: Westbrook

One way for it to be stopped is if the entire monetary system collapses, which is highly likely considering the shape we are in; of course, the rest of the gov’t will come collapsing down as well.


12 posted on 03/26/2012 5:59:29 AM PDT by MachIV
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To: Servant of the Cross

Dictator Baby-Doc Barack has ALWAYS ignored The US Constitution, ESPECIALLY with Obama”care.”

The cancer of Obama”care” now extends to Obama last week choosing a “Public health expert” for the World Bank Presidency.
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The major problem with THE NINE SUPREMES is that they are chosen for political reasons by the POTUS, and then they vote as an un-accountable democracy, for a Nation that is NOT a Democracy, but a REPUBLIC.

As a result, THE NINE SUPREMES commonly vote 5 to 4 on most issues. Constitutionality is seldom a consideration, and their up-coming ruling on Obama”care” will prove my point.

Now is the time to stand and deliver to address our grievances to the dictates of the Left.

Oppose the dictates of Dictator Baby-Doc Barack!

Our ONLY chance to ABOLISH Obama”care” rests with THE NINE SUPREMES, because Romney will be defeated by Obama.

IMHO, if Romney is anointed as the RNC Nominee, THE main issue in the National Election, Obama”care,” will be taken off the campaign table. Hence, Romney will not only lose, but suffer another crushing, and sadly typical, RINO defeat.

To those who want poster ideas, here are a few ideas for demonstration posters:

Obama”care” was robo-signed by Congress, and is therefore illegal.

Obama”care” was 2700 pages long, and is still being written, but not by Congress: witness the forced contraception coverage recently added by HHS Regulators.

Obama”care” has caused “The Catholic Spring.”

Obama”care” reduces competition, and therefore is illegal by the 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Law.

Obama”care” is designed to be a US Federal Government monopoly, with no competition.

Obama”care” also is illegal according to the US Constitution, because it violates our freedom of choice.

Will THE NINE SUPREMES notice any of these three violations? I seriously doubt it.

Impeached Bill Clinton proved that the US President is above US Federal Law, so anything that the President wants he gets, regardless of the Federal Laws that he has violated.


13 posted on 03/26/2012 6:06:00 AM PDT by Graewoulf (( obama"care" violates the 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND is illegal by the U.S. Constitution.))
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To: Servant of the Cross
Obamacare American Liberty goes to the Supreme Court. This case is not about healthcare.
14 posted on 03/26/2012 6:07:17 AM PDT by Harley (Will Rogers never met Harry Reid.)
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To: Harley

Bingo! We have a winner!


15 posted on 03/26/2012 6:12:25 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (Psalm 109:8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. - Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas; gordon
I don't know if the bond holders (preferred creditors) of General Motors came under Contract Law, but they certainly got sweep aside when it came time to reorganize the company.

2,800 pages of 0bamacare introduced then passed within hours. "Let's get it passed so we can find out what it all means" was the theme of The Speaker of the House of Representatives. Blatant disregard of common sense and the legislative process.

The 0bama administration operates like the patronage system in Chicago. Laws have no meaning.

16 posted on 03/26/2012 6:13:47 AM PDT by TYVets (Pure-Gas.org ..... ethanol free gasoline by state and city)
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To: Harley

Best post on the thread. BUMP!


17 posted on 03/26/2012 6:14:58 AM PDT by upchuck (Need is not an acceptable lifestyle choice; dependent is not a career. ~ Dr. Tim Nerenz)
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——The 0bama administration operates like the patronage system in Chicago. Laws have no meaning.-—

You can only run on fumes for so long. Eventually, word gets out and chaos reigns. Then “the top comes down,” as Beck says. I imagine that’s the plan.

I believe that respect for individual rights and the common law is deeply enough engrained to resist a dictatorship. I hope we don’t have to find out.


18 posted on 03/26/2012 6:24:15 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas (Viva Christo Rey)
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I hope the judges realize that beyond a certain point, the law becomes meaningless, and then... drumroll please.... they’re out of a job.

I've often thought this about Congress, too. In their haste to trample the Constitution to do whatever is politically expedient (or personally enriching... or both!), they are undermining the source of their own authority

19 posted on 03/26/2012 6:25:15 AM PDT by kevkrom (Note to self: proofread, then post. It's better that way.)
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To: Harley
American Liberty goes to the Supreme Court. This case is not about healthcare.

Word! It would appear that the author of the article, Kate Hicks@townhall.com, would agree with you ... from her Twitter:

Nothing makes me feel as nihilistically resigned to the end of America like digging through the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

20 posted on 03/26/2012 6:49:15 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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