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Former Senate GOP leader Frist questions health care lawsuits
Legal Newsline ^ | 4-16-09

Posted on 04/16/2010 11:42:54 PM PDT by legalwatch

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To: HiTech RedNeck

Manditory purchase of Government Motor death traps will come first.


21 posted on 04/17/2010 12:41:45 AM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Obie Wan Nairobi from the 1/2 dark side. The farce strong with this one, it is...)
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To: legalwatch

need to jettison this former senator and doctor out with all the other garbage coming from DC and the democratic state governors. another piece of trash. he wants some exposure, get his name up in lights, so he will say just about anything to have the spotlight on himself


22 posted on 04/17/2010 12:49:23 AM PDT by hondact200 ( Lincoln Freed the Enslaved. Obama Enslaves the Free. Obama is Americas Greatest Threat)
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To: Prospero

**If not, it’s probably time for a Constitutional Convention.**

No way will I ever support a Constitutional Convention, unless...We the People chose the Delegates, and due to Conflict of Interest, NO SITTING politician can sit in the Convention. This Congress can not be trusted with such responsibility.

The Constitutional Convention once seated, determines its OWN Rules and agenda. NO WAY would I trust ANY of this bunch to get within 10 miles of the Constitution.


24 posted on 04/17/2010 1:04:16 AM PDT by gwilhelm56 (Obama ... Mein Kampf is NOT a Textbook!!)
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To: legalwatch
I don't think Tennessee has produced a good GOP senator in my 52 years on earth. Baker started out good ended up establishment Beltway. Fred Thompson started out real strong and appeared to go into a nonfunctional Coma his first full term and ended up being John McCain's place holder in the 2008 race. Alexander? What can I say 100% Bush anointed certified RINO. He should have not made it past the primaries based on previous record. But the Bush White House hand picked him. Corker? He's a DEM, He's a RINO, He's a DEM, He's a RINO oops he voted GOP once repeat process.

The Frist legacy? Take a health care plan for replacing Medicaid dreamed up by a DEM governor, Gore, and Hillary and sell the exact same program to PARTYBOT Kool Aide drinking Republicans as Medicare reform and man did they drink it by the pitchers full. His legacy? Proving he too could be as bad at the job of Senate Majority Leader as Trent Lott. Not a one of the names mentioned above would I ever consider giving a vote too for any office.

25 posted on 04/17/2010 1:22:37 AM PDT by cva66snipe (Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
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To: JerseyHighlander

Kissing O’s a$$ in the hopes of an exemption to the ban on doctor owned hospitals?

Kissing O’s a$$ in exchange for some stim dollars for currently doctor owned hospitals?


26 posted on 04/17/2010 1:51:39 AM PDT by Carley (I'll keep clinging to the constitution, my guns and my religion, thank you.)
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To: cva66snipe

Seems Frist was absent when TennCare FAILED.


27 posted on 04/17/2010 1:53:31 AM PDT by Carley (I'll keep clinging to the constitution, my guns and my religion, thank you.)
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To: Carley

Frist and Freddie kept making sure it stayed alive by securing federal funding for it. As close as Tenncare got to getting shut down was by Bredesen. I don’t like Bredesen but he did stop a majority of the nonsense that was going on and Taxquist let slide. I’d rather see it go back to Medicaid and Medicaids origional intent only though.


28 posted on 04/17/2010 2:07:12 AM PDT by cva66snipe (Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
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To: legalwatch

It wasn’t long ago that everyone on FR worshiped Frist and wouldn’t allow one word against his position on issues.


29 posted on 04/17/2010 2:19:49 AM PDT by donna (Sarah Palin: "I support his [McCain] position on immigration.")
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To: HiTech RedNeck
The legal argument that will prevail in my opinion is this. Everyone gets sick at sometime or another and will need to use the health care system. If the individual or the states cannot pay for that health care then it is up to the federal government to pick up that tab through medicare or other means. Therefore the US Congress can enact health care legislation because health care meets the definition of interstate commerce and the Congress can regulate by imposing a tax on those who don't choose to participate by buying health insurance. Additionally, it is within the regulatory power of the congress to establish a government option to health care in order to provide for the general welfare of the citizens under Article II Section 8 of the constitution.
30 posted on 04/17/2010 2:28:35 AM PDT by montanajoe
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To: legalwatch

He’s probably right. I don’t see this getting overturned in the court although parts of it may, such as the requirement to purchase insurance.


31 posted on 04/17/2010 2:41:54 AM PDT by saganite (What happens to taglines? Is there a termination date?)
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To: unspun

You got that right. I just made a contribution to JD. I just can’t stand these RINO’s. They have no backbone.


32 posted on 04/17/2010 2:44:20 AM PDT by AdaGray
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To: montanajoe

“Therefore the US Congress can enact health care legislation because health care meets the definition of interstate commerce and the Congress can regulate by imposing a tax on those who don’t choose to participate by buying health insurance. Additionally, it is within the regulatory power of the congress to establish a government option to health care in order to provide for the general welfare of the citizens under Article II Section 8 of the constitution.”

If your assumption is correct, then the Supreme Court isn’t worth diddly squat and our Constitution isn’t worth the paper it wss written on in the eyes of the Supremes. Our constitutional gov’t is no more. Therefore, revolution may be in order, as we no longer will have a workable Constitution to defend.


33 posted on 04/17/2010 2:44:33 AM PDT by flaglady47 (We will have our revenge one day, sooner than later.....)
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To: flaglady47
I don't buy the revolution talk and I cant take anyone who claims to be an American conservative seriously who proposes revolution. The way Americans change things is through the ballot box not by revolution. Winning elections by winning the battle of ideas is the way change happens in America. Win elections and change the direction of the country through legislation that is the American way.
34 posted on 04/17/2010 3:01:01 AM PDT by montanajoe
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To: montanajoe

“Winning elections by winning the battle of ideas is the way change happens in America. Win elections and change the direction of the country through legislation that is the American way.”

You must have forgotten about 1776. The American Revolution did happen in our country, didn’t it?


35 posted on 04/17/2010 3:42:52 AM PDT by flaglady47 (We will have our revenge one day, sooner than later.....)
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To: unspun

You mean Frist—family founders(hospital barrons) of the HCA Corp? I’ll bet you there were plenty of backroom deals made with the big O there.


36 posted on 04/17/2010 3:44:48 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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To: legalwatch

He even wrote an editorial for US News & World Report supposedly in support of the law too. Never would have known it except for this article, as USNWR is another rag I don’t tend to read anymore.


37 posted on 04/17/2010 4:09:55 AM PDT by PghBaldy (Like the Ft Hood Killer, James Earl Ray was just stressed when he killed MLK Jr.)
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To: montanajoe

Do you have any idea what you are talking about?

Be specific. I.E. the word “regulate”.


38 posted on 04/17/2010 5:02:54 AM PDT by crz
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To: flaglady47

The word welfare means “well being” in that phrase. And general well being is the precurser to the enumerated powers.

The word “regulate” means to “make regular.”

So in other words..they may not pass a bill that forces an individual to purchase a good to support another.


39 posted on 04/17/2010 5:06:57 AM PDT by crz
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To: crz

“Do you have any idea what you are talking about?”

Yap I do...

Just pointing out how I think the USSC will look at this. Not going on my personal view of how they should rule but rather how they are likely to rule based on past precedent and the current makeup of the court.


40 posted on 04/17/2010 5:14:54 AM PDT by montanajoe
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