Gov. Rick Scott Files Injunction Over 'Unconstitutional' Health-Care Threats. (FL)

Sunshine State News ^ | May 7th 2015 | Nancy Smith

[Jacquerie]

It took Rick Scott less than 24 hours since coming away empty from a meeting with U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell to take legal action against the federal government. The Florida governor filed a motion for preliminary injunction Thursday to immediately prohibit the Obama administration from using "the same coercive threats that the Supreme Court has already held unconstitutional."

The 35-page motion, filed in U.S. District Court in Pensacola by plaintiffs Scott, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and the state Agency for Health Care Administration, regales a story of coercion by an administration exceeding its authority and disregarding the law of the land.

It quotes the landmark 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (NFIB), stating, "The Supreme Court held that the federal government may not threaten to withhold preexisting Medicaid funding to coerce States to expand their Medicaid programs in the manner that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) envisions. Yet, not three years later, the federal government is at it again."

The motion continues, "Just before the Florida Legislature’s constitutionally mandated responsibility to pass a balanced budget was due, the federal government informed the State that it would be withholding more than $1 billion in federal funding for a critical, longstanding Medicaid waiver program unless Florida agrees to participate in the ACA’s Medicaid expansion.

"To make matters worse, the federal government imposed this condition even though the State voluntarily agreed to tailor its waiver program to eliminate any potential overlap with the ACA’s Medicaid expansion. Accordingly, once again, the federal government is knowingly and deliberately attempting to coerce Florida into participating in Medicaid expansion by withholding massive amounts of preexisting Medicaid funding if it refuses. Just like last time, the federal government’s actions are unconstitutional."

[NTHockey]

The people making the threats need to be locked up, preferably in Gitmo where they can be water boarded.

And Florida has to cease all federal programs and tax collection. Impound the gas tax for starters.

[Jacquerie]

Once again, neither statutory nor case law mean a thing to the lawless. Most of Obama’s secretaries, like Obama himself, should have been removed from office. None will ever wear the prison stripes they deserve.

I wonder if Obama will have to burn down the Reichstag, er Congress before enough of us decide to do something about Obama’s fundamental transformation of America from a republic into a tyranny.

[Excellence]

0bama’s brothers tried to fly a jet airplane through it but failed because of the heroism of the people on board.

[yuleeyahoo]

Go Rick!

[PGalt]

Unaccountable, OUT-OF-CONTROL executive branch in an OUT-OF-CONTOL FEDGOV. CONgre$$?

State’s rights?

$$$$$ubmit to being plundered, $$$$$ubjugated by plunderers…$tate and/or FED$.

A couple of wolves arguing over who gets the $heeple.

Socialism Is Legal Plunder - Bastiat

U.S. liability per taxpayer = $814,039

http://www.usdebtclock.org

Florida debt per citizen = $8496

http://www.usdebtclock.org/state-debt-clocks/state-of-florida-debt-clock.html

For Imposing Taxes on us Without our Consent to Spend on Whatever They Want.

DEFUND socialist collectives, foreign and domestic.

/FR - back to work, debt-slave