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Reid Bill Says Future Congresses Cannot Repeal Parts of Reid Bill (with Video)
Weekly Standard ^ | 12/21/09 | John McCormick

Posted on 12/21/2009 9:28:52 PM PST by Daisyjane69

Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) pointed out some rather astounding language in the Senate health care bill during floor remarks tonight. First, he noted that there are a number of changes to Senate rules in the bill--and it's supposed to take a 2/3 vote to change the rules. And then he pointed out that the Reid bill declares on page 1020 that the Independent Medical Advisory Board cannot be repealed by future Congresses:

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 111th; communism; cwii; cwiiping; democratcongress; democratcorruption; democrats; donttreadonme; healthcare; killthebill; liberalfascism; lping; obamacare; reid; socialism; socializedmedicine; supermajority; tyranny
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To: Congressman Billybob
Congressman

Any competent and honest federal court should strike the no-amendment clause itself as beyond the power of Congress.

Could a court action on this point lead to an injunction against implementation of the entire bill?

61 posted on 12/22/2009 6:57:12 AM PST by tsomer
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To: Congressman Billybob
John, as an aside thought, could the threat of a great number of ethics complaints (a la Sarah Palin) against these corrupt bozos maybe change their minds about passing something like this monstrosity? Just askin......
62 posted on 12/22/2009 6:59:57 AM PST by Southbound ("A liar in public life is worse than a full-paid-up Communist, and I don't care who he is." - HST)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier

True, however if the anount to be collected becomes $0, the IRS may find it not worth their while.


63 posted on 12/22/2009 8:56:42 AM PST by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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To: EdReform; Abathar; Abcdefg; Abram; Abundy; akatel; albertp; AlexandriaDuke; Alexander Rubin; ...



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64 posted on 12/22/2009 9:00:52 AM PST by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: Daisyjane69

65 posted on 12/22/2009 9:03:08 AM PST by Rodebrecht (Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.)
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To: Kansas58

As explained to me by an MOC almost two decades ago, no Congress may bind another Congress, they cannot pass something in today’s session that either mandates a future session to some kind of legislation, ie, cuts in Medicare benefits to make the numbers add up in this thing, or disallows repealing of passed legislation.


66 posted on 12/22/2009 9:04:10 AM PST by MozarkDawg
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To: lapsus calami
Our Congress is a real-life version of Calvinball

Brilliant -- I wish I'd thought of that my own self.

67 posted on 12/22/2009 9:06:55 AM PST by MozarkDawg
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To: MissouriConservative
Manigault v. Springs - “As this is not a constitutional provision, but a general law enacted by the legislature, it may be repealed, amended, or disregarded by the legislature which enacted it."

The principle of this citation is the very reason I said that de-funding ACORN was not punishment, a bill of attainder as was proffered ... I said that Congress created a program, funded it, a subsequent Congress may decide to de-fund it, for any reason or for no reason. To assess damages to ACORN, in my mind, means that any time Congress sets up some program, it will be determined to exist in perpetuity. There is no Constitutional provision for the existence of ACORN (or similar), they are not entitled to funds from the government largess.

68 posted on 12/22/2009 9:13:39 AM PST by MozarkDawg
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To: DvdMom; Smokin' Joe; Munz; mojitojoe; Rushmore Rocks; ExTexasRedhead; Alamo-Girl; Travis McGee; ...

PING! Is our military ever going to grow a pair and do something?


69 posted on 12/22/2009 9:27:20 AM PST by Larousse2 ("Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preserva)
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To: Congressman Billybob
"Any competent and honest federal court should strike the no-amendment clause itself as beyond the power of Congress. There are ample statements from the Framers, and in the Federalist, that no Congress has the power to restrain future Congresses. Only the Constitution has the power to do that."

Where do we locate 'any competent and honest federal court'?

70 posted on 12/22/2009 9:33:37 AM PST by Larousse2 ("Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preserva)
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To: Daisyjane69

bttt


71 posted on 12/22/2009 10:41:38 AM PST by neverdem (Xin loi minh oi)
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To: pissant

I would prefer DeMint/Coburn, but I may not be objective since I live in Okieland. ;-)


72 posted on 12/22/2009 1:36:46 PM PST by Pining_4_TX
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To: neverbluffer
I will bet 1 million bucks that this health care fiasco results in racial tensions in future years.

This morning on the KSFO Morning Show, Lee Rodgers asked if the provision adding a 10% tax on tanning salons was, dare he say it, racist?

Rodgers said that the President himself has a "permanent tan" and that he was just pointing out the obvious that a certain segment of the population that wants to get rid of a "winter pallor" would be hardest hit by this new tax.

-PJ

73 posted on 12/22/2009 1:47:14 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ("Comprehensive" reform bills only end up as incomprehensible messes.)
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