Posted on 09/10/2015 3:00:01 PM PDT by lbryce
The White House has said it will appeal the decision.
Constitution 1; Obama 0.
That was the score Wednesday as a federal judge gave House Republicans the go-ahead to proceed with their lawsuit to block President Obama’s budget-busting healthcare law.
“This suit remains a plain dispute over a constitutional command, of which the Judiciary has long been the ultimate interpreter,” wrote U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary M. Collyer, who said that House Republicans have legal standing to sue.
The Constitution, Collyer wrote, “could not be more clear: ‘No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in consequence of Appropriations made by Law.’ Neither the president nor his officers can authorize appropriations; the assent of the House of Representatives is required before any public monies are spent.”
Republicans had argued the Obama administration violated the Constitution by spending money on Obamacare without Congressional approval. House Democrats had called the Republicans’ suit “a political stunt.” The suit focuses on the $175 billion Obama wants to spend as part of a cost-sharing program with health insurance companies.
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Good for Wednesday. Unfortunately, the overall score is a lot worse! More like Constitution 1, zero 20
“The suit focuses on the $175 billion Obama wants to spend as part of a cost-sharing program with health insurance companies.”
This is called “keeping a turd afloat!”
This would be a twofer: screw the administration and the insurance companies.
When Mitch “Caitlyn” McConnell is your quarterback, and John Roberts is your head coach, you tend to expect these kinds of outcomes.
Republicans will work hard to find a way to lose.
don’t worry, the Republican congress will fix it.
They’ll go through the gate or over the fence or under the fence or they’ll parachute in or they’ll tunnel their way in... etc.
some RAT will try and impeach the judge, before long.
Boehner will immediately convene a meeting of the House leadership to find a way to lose.
No more faith in judges. They can say anything they want; Obama will do whatever he wants. The Constitution is a dead letter.
Exactly. Because Boner and Obama are ultimately playing for the same team: STATISM, also known as POWER.
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