Will the D.C. Circuit Court uphold ObamaCare by ignoring the Constitution?

Coach is Right ^ | 5/5/14 | Doug Book

[Oldpuppymax]

On May 8th, oral arguments will take place in the D.C. Circuit Court Of Appeals concerning the unconstitutional manner in which the Affordable Care Act was assembled and placed before congress for passage.

According to the Origination Clause in Article 1 of the Constitution, “All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.”

In 2009, the House passed a bill concerning proposed tax credits for members of the military who were first time home buyers. The Senate took that Bill, removed ALL of the content and...

[from occupied ga]

I thought the purpose of the courts was to destroy the constitution.

[Amendment10]

Remember, the Origination Clause isn't the only constitutional problem with constitutionally indefensible Obamacare Democratcare. In fact, Judge Andrew Napolitano will read Congress's Article I, Section 8-limited powers to you in about 3 minutes and comment that it says nothing about public healthcare.

Judge Napolitano & the Constitution

The states truly need to amend the Constitution to give the states the power to punitively fire activist justices.

[SoCal Pubbie]

There’s no way the Court will strike down the ACA in this manner.

[Vaduz]

True it’s why the supreme court passed Obamacare.

[Nifster]

Cap’n Obvious strikes again

[17th Miss Regt]

You don't pay them off. That may offend their morality and lead them to expose you. You threaten them.

[Lmo56]

All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with Amendments as on other Bills.

If it goes to SCOTUS, it will have to decide what the definition of Amendments is ...

Generally, an amendment to a document is only a minor change.

SCOTUS might consider wholesale replacement of the text NOT to be an amendment. As such, the ACA might be considered to be a new bill in and of itself. And, since SCOTUS has ruled that the mandate is a tax, the ACA would be considered to be a revenue bill initiated in the Senate.

The ACA would then be declared unconstitutional.

George Will has a column about this in Wa Po:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-f-will-the-next-affordable-care-act-challenge/2014/05/02/c0150da8-d159-11e3-a6b1-45c4dffb85a6_story.html

[Nuc 1.1]

The actions of the gang of 14 destroyed the only chance I have seen in my lifetime to reign the federal courts by placing conservative judges in the mid level federal courts. The greatest betrayal of America I have ever seen.