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To: SeekAndFind
Repealing (undoing) laws is extremely difficult because they carry what can be described as legal "momentum." It is bad legislative etiquette to undo a prior Congress' laws since the same can be done to a successor Congress of the opposite political philosophy. Besides, the repealers are easily made to look like "usurpers" and bad losers despite the nature of the legislation being repealed. This is why the "Bush" Tax Cuts which were passed in 2000 were not repealed, even though the left has so ardently screamed for repeal of "tax cuts for the 'rich'" when their own lackeys were installed in 2006.

It is a much more viable strategy to keep inimical legislation from passing in the first place. If fact, it's imperative. Any benefits obtained from such legislation, even though repealed, will have to remain "grandfathered" in place, providing a staging area from which the leftists can work to more effectively re-institute their egregious law.

8 posted on 12/19/2009 9:50:42 AM PST by fwdude (It is not the liberals who will destroy this country, but the "moderates.")
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Unless one of the good judges dies, the SCOTUS can and probably will rule this as unconstitutional. Then it will require they run the whole show again and unless they have a full house majority that time it will die on the floor.

Still contend the dems are over-reaching, that they “hope” the voters forget come next November. Look at this situation from their perspective, they know their strong majorities are probably short lived and thus they must rush as much stuff as possible before it all changes, that’s why the way they have been acting is totally irrational.

Would be sweet if 2010 threw the dems out enough that we could get to some serious congressional investigating of voter fraud, the dems grafters and run up a good impeachment of the kenyan (heck ol Joe Biden would be no hill for a stepper for a couple of years and is such a “go with the flow” pol, he may side with us). Even short of impeachment, nobama without his legislative House and 60 Senate majority, will be toothless.


24 posted on 12/19/2009 11:03:38 AM PST by dusttoyou (libs are all wee wee'd up and no place to go)
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