Posted on 11/08/2014 9:58:45 AM PST by rootin tootin
The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it will hear a lawsuit challenging an arbitrary IRS decision to issue tax credits and penalties through federally created Obamacare exchanges. Two federal courts have already declared the regulation unconstitutional, but a third court ruled that the IRS has acted within its authority. It was this ruling by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that prompted the plaintiffs in King v. Burwell to file an appeal with the high court. If the Supreme Court rules against the Obama administration in this case, it could well be the undoing of the reviled health care law.
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The Supremes saved it once, why not again?
The problem is that “words” were also used to blackmail Roberts into voting with the administration on Obamacare rulings. I’ll keep my expectations in check.
Repeal is exactly what the voters wanted. This is very promising.
Roberts will screw us again, just watch
I am not holding my breath on the outcome of this case, not this time. Just as I stopped waiting for the Apocalypse as announced by Art Bell in 1998, due to Hale-Bop type Comets.
"One of the key architects of of Obamacare, Jonathan Gruber, has explained that they specifically wanted subsidies available only to the state-established exchanges - to provide a strong carrot and stick to Governors and State legislatures to “play ball” with the Federal Government. They simply did NOT expect 36 States to turn down free Fed money."
This statement should be bolded and circulated widely.
Frank's statement, while he may not have intended to be so "frank" (pun intended), is a statement of fact which indicates the sheer arrogance of the Obama-Reid-Pelosi team and their rubber stamp Democrats.
Arrogance and an underestimation of the intelligence and will of "the People" who are their bosses in the States brought about this "mistake" which the Supreme Court should not legitimize by allowing any other interpretation of the word "mistake" when applied to the abominable Trojan Horse legislation masked as having to do with health care in America.
Gruber's description, coming from a complicit architect of ACA, should be accepted as evidence of intent, and "the People" and "States" have spoken!
I am sure Roberts can write another argument not made by either side to justify ignoring the law.
Correct me if I am wrong, but when the legislature makes a mistake writing a law, isn’t their responsibility to amend that mistake?
EXACTLY. Why would they change?
..... when the legislature makes a mistake writing a law, isn’t their responsibility to amend that mistake?
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Exactly the point one of the judges made when he ruled that the subsidies from the fed exchange were not legal.
“It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their political choices.”
- John Roberts, 2010
“It is not our job to protect the people from the consequences of their grammatical choices.”
- John Roberts, 2015?
Does anyone know what tortured logic the judge used in ruling that it was permissible for the Feds to supply the credits in contravention of the clear language of the law?
Roberts will approve the handing of tax payers funds to individuals that bitch they need the illegal redistribution of this money as part of their health insurance. So goes a clear indication of how the Supreme Court is crap.
lol
That’s exactly what’ they’ll do. The SCOTUS will “interpret” the wording to mean whatever they and Comrade Obama want it to mean.
Even if by some miracle the court follows the law it won’t matter much because our leaders in the House and Senate will fix things right up.
A thousand words.
To Roberts, words DON”T mean anything.
Does that count as “good behavior”? I don’t think so.
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