Posted on 02/05/2011 8:04:08 AM PST by FredJake
Although ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge, Democrats plan to continue implementating the health care law known as Obamacare.
“It is as though the Constitution doesn't matter,” Rush Limbaugh said on his Thursday radio program.
Newsbusters reports Friday that radio talk show host Mark Levin – himself an attorney - had harsh words for the Obama administration:
I said that if the administration failed to follow the law, then it was lawless. (I said that) it was violating the constitution, that this was a serious as Watergate.
... There it is on Page 75. He voided the law. It's dust. It's gone, until a higher court does something else.
CNS News asked Democratic Senator Dick Durbin if the administration should stop implementation of the law given Judge Vinson’s ruling:
“Personally, I don’t, because the judge was asked for an injunction, and he didn’t rule that there would be one. So he hasn’t enjoined any conduct or activity. At this point, we have 16 courts that have considered this case.
“Twelve of them have dismissed the complaint initially, on procedural grounds. Of the four courts that took up the substance of the Affordable Health Care Act, which you call Obamacare, they split,” he added.
“Two said it was constitutional, two said it was not, and Vinson in Florida, Judge Vinson, Monday had a chance to not only decide whether it was constitutional but to issue an injunction,” said Durbin. “He didn’t do that.”
But Judge Vinson has a different point of view. In his ruling he wrote, “there is a long-standing presumption ‘that officials of the Executive Branch will adhere to the law as declared by the court. As a result, this declaratory judgment is the functional equivalent of an injunction.’”
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
They are busy counting the money.
BTTT
obamacare is no longer a law
When obama threw out the crysler bond holders in favor of the unions, breaking contract law, isn’t that already an impeachable offense
Bambi is trying to destroy Constitutional Law in more ways than one. It is time to flood the phone banks of our representatives and demand action. Use durbins words and don’t forget to mention the SOB obama cannot prove his birth.
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