Posted on 07/25/2014 4:13:35 AM PDT by SteveH
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After-the-fact rationalizations notwithstanding, the concession that Obamacare's designers didn't anticipate so many state vetoes doesn't retroactively rewrite the plain language of the law. The fault lies squarely with those drafters, not the lawyers who point out the IRS abuse or the judges who strike it down.
The government will see rehearing by the entire D.C. Circuit; having stacked the court after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid eliminated filibusters of judicial nominations, President Obama figures he has a good chance to reverse Halbig. At the same time, Mike Carvin, the lawyer for the plaintiffs in both cases, will bypass the similarly unfriendly 4th Circuit and ask the Supreme Court to hear King.
The high court could decide not to act until the D.C. Circuit rules, presumably eliminating the circuit split and thus the necessity of taking up the issue. But two more cases are coming behind these, one brought by Oklahoma's attorney general and the other by the state of Indiana. Waiting another year or two would only increase the economic damage of the IRS' shell game. The sooner the administration is forced to fix Obamacare, the better for the country and its battered rule of law.
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ObamaCare will be fixed, and fixed, and fixed, until it's finally repealed by law, or economics.
But it will eventually be repealed.
I bet every Democrat up for election this fall is hoping that SCOTUS will just hurry up and scuttle this turkey already.
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