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To: Red Steel
"They probably didn't opine because they wanted be able to nuance (chickens) the answer. "

I don't know how closely you follow legal acedemic discussion, but Randy Barnett - one of those who said he didn't know - is hardly "chicken" about anything.

"But as it stands now, a state, a person, a cooperation could ignore the federal government. "

No. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide for an automatic 14-day stay following the entry of final judgment. The government has 14-days to file notice of appeal and stay. The opinion is only legally enforceable if stay isn't granted after that 14-day window.

133 posted on 02/03/2011 2:17:49 PM PST by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand
No. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provide for an automatic 14-day stay following the entry of final judgment. The government has 14-days to file notice of appeal and stay. The opinion is only legally enforceable if stay isn't granted after that 14-day window.

14 days. Well, it is now 10 days. Tic toc... ObamaCare is on the ropes. The mandate to force people to buy heath care is obviously Unconstitutional.

134 posted on 02/03/2011 2:42:39 PM PST by Red Steel
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