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Posted on 05/17/2010 7:50:25 PM PDT by SmartInsight
The Obama administration has urged a court to reject an attempt to block a controversial new law overhauling the U.S. healthcare system, saying it was constitutional and any challenge was premature.
A conservative public interest group, the Thomas More Law Center, had filed a lawsuit in Michigan on March 23, the day Obama signed the law, and asked the court for an injunction to block it from taking effect.
The group said a provision requiring most Americans to buy health insurance under threat of financial penalty was beyond the scope of Congress' power and was an unconstitutional tax.
Defending the law, the Justice Department said Congress acted to address a national problem, the minimum coverage provisions were constitutional and the lawsuit was premature because no one had been harmed by the law.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
We need to fight it on every front.
Obamacare is unconstitutional since Article 1 Section 8 does not specifically grant Congress the power to regulate health care! Everyone is harmed whenever the Constitution is usurped! The people are not bound to comply with an unconstitutional act regardless of the actions by the three branches of government! They operate only at the consent of the governed! The people are the government and have the final say as to how they will be governed! Clearly we the people do not consent to this socialist tactic being shoved down our throats!
Whether it’s unconstitutional or not, it can’t go into effect until after the next Congressional election. That’s due to the language of the 27th amendment. It’s time for someone to push that one because there are things in Obamakkkare that take effect now. Changing the effective date would be entertaining if nothing else.
Can the ACLU and the Labor Unions show any harm done to anyone by the Arizona law that hasn't even gone into effect yet?
Indeed.
I kinda wrote about this [phenomena] over here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2513906/posts
“the Justice Department said ... the lawsuit was premature because no one had been harmed by the law.”
Hey ACLU, your lawsuit against the Arizona statute mirroring US Code Title 8 is ... premature.
So go haunt a house instead.
Federal income taxation required the 16th Amendment. Where’s your amendment for this new tax?
The 27 Amendment involves congressional compensation.How does it apply to Obamacare?
Inevitability of harm is harm.
Judges know this, when they want to.
THe law changes their access from FEHB to the new state based exchanges which aren't scheduled to come into existence for 4 years.
Any amendment of the provisions in Obamakkkare simply run into the very same problem ~ so changing back to FEHB from state exchanges for the four year period wouldn't allow the law to go into effect any earlier.
The very thought of Obamacare has harmed my health. Caused me mental duress.
I ain’t smart enuf to have mental duress but Obammycare sure chaps my ass
Roe VS Wade decision was based on the Amendment IX. The right that one’s body belongs to that individual and that individual right to privacy and individual right to choose. The State can not deny right of that person to engage in having an abortion or you could say the State can not deny one’s right to engage in commerce. If that is true then that State can not deny one’s right not to have an abortion, Or, you could say the State can not deny one’s right not to engage in commerce. If the government can mandate health care for the “good of the masses”, then they could mandate abortions to control population.
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We need to fight it on every front.
Here's another:
Obamacare Class Action Lawsuit (the deadline to join is May 31)
"The purpose of this lawsuit is to reverse Supreme Court precedent related to the Commerce clause and thereby overturn Obamacare. The Supreme Court has historically erred in its interpretation of the Constitutional role of the Federal Government. Recent Supreme Court rulings hint that they may be willing to take another look at Commerce clause precedent. Obamacare is so over reaching and so onerous, that it must either be repealed in Congress or struck down in the courts. We must fight this on both fronts. This is our historic opportunity to reverse America’s trend toward Socialism by overturning this unconstitutional precedent.
If you are a US citizen and agree with the goal of this lawsuit, please join us. If you have concerns about joining, please review the FAQs for more information. Every person we add strengthens the voice of "We the People".
Small and large businesses all over the Country have been harmed by the law!
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