[2ndDivisionVet]

I'm surprised it could be that easy. Will he send in federal troops to enforce ACA?

[cotton1706]

Lindsey Graham will decry this as unproductive.

[BunnySlippers]

Hey, can we vote to end federal income tax? I don’t think it’s this simple.

REPEAL!!

[bigbob]

Lawsuit fodder, is all

[Einherjar]

Will they shell that Fort again ?

[Mich Patriot]

Regardless of the outcome, I can’t applaud this enough. Might as well pass it and lob the ball back to Obama. At this point what have we got to lose? I’m glad somebody is at least drawing a line in the sand.

[PATRIOT1876]

I wish them well and pray that every state fights against the abomination of the UnAffordable Healthcare Act

[Irenic]

Go South Carolina!

[marychesnutfan]

HALLELUJAH!!!

[Red_Devil 232]

“South Carolina Freedom of Health Care Protection Act,” passed the state House of Representatives last April by a 65-34 vote. The bill now heads to the GOP-controlled Senate with special-order priority ..."

Gees what took the special-order priority so long?

[GeronL]

this could be interesting

[Din Maker]

“It will essentially have five components to it, all of which in my judgment are legal, effective, and within the state’s power to do,”

"....within the state's power to do." YES!!! This might be the most effective way to cripple and kill ObamaCare. My concern: If it passed the SC House in April, what is taking so freakin' long for it to get passed by the SC Senate?

[Paulie]

***The bill now heads to the GOP-controlled Senate***

Will the GOP bosses strongarm the State Senate into some kind of pocket veto?

[Excellence]

I can see this going to the Supreme Court. If it works, I can see a lot of people and businesses moving there.

[HamiltonJay]

Nullification of federal laws within states is nothing new it was part of what lead to the civil war. But of course that entire issue has been dumbed down to just being about slavery in the 150 years since

[mmichaels1970]

the “South Carolina Freedom of Health Care Protection Act,” passed the state House of Representatives last April by a 65-34 vote

Fast-track?

[mmichaels1970]

Davis adds that lawmakers in Columbia are considering two additional provisions: one that outlaws Medicaid expansion, and another that suspends the licenses of insurers who receive federal subsidies under the Affordable Care Act.

Wow. That's pretty big.

[tobyhill]

This is a good move even if it won't stand. It will force Obama back into the courts and allow SCOTUS a do over to make the right decision.

[2harddrive]

Won’t work. Obama’s COURTS will throw it out, and then, they will DENY that anyone has “Standing” to sue over it.

[Pollster1]

It's a remarkably good law. I'd love to see the rest of the free or at least partially free states [Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming] pass similar laws. This could lead to a race to the bottom, where social parasites leave the states that refuse ObamaCare and move on to burden the far left states. Key points:

. . . prohibits agencies, officers and employees of the state of South Carolina from implementing any provisions of the Affordable Care Act . . . outlawing state exchanges, issuing tax deductions to individuals equal to the tax penalties levied by the federal government, and directing the state attorney general to sue over whimsical enforcement of the law . . . considering two additional provisions: one that outlaws Medicaid expansion, and another that suspends the licenses of insurers who receive federal subsidies under the Affordable Care Act.

I especially like the last provision, which puts an absolute stop to ObamaCare in the state where the First Civil War started - and where we might, with luck avoid a Second Civil War. Since this is a flexible law, for which waivers are commonplace and provisions are routinely rewritten or ignored based on executive orders with no legal justification at all, I see no reason why a state legislature cannot implement the will of the people and dismantle this evil law properly.

[RKBA Democrat]

Oooooh. That’s gonna leave a mark.