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Durbin: Obama Administration Should Enforce Obamacare Even Though Judge Ruled It Unconstitutional
CNS News ^ | Febriaru 3. 2011 | Nicholas Ballasy

Posted on 02/03/2011 10:29:26 PM PST by Citizen X_Area 51

Following a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the constitutionality of the new health care law, Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told CNSNews.com that the Obama administration should continue enforcing the health care law despite federal judge Roger Vinson’s ruling that it is unconstitutional.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: durbin; healthcare; judgevinson; obama; obamacare
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To: SoldierDad

...”This is just incredible. A U.S. Senator calling for the abandonment of law. We have seen the enemy, and it is our own”...

Is he not advocating dictatorship?


41 posted on 02/04/2011 3:30:59 AM PST by jazzlite (esat)
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To: Citizen X_Area 51

there is no such thing as a good registered Democrat.


42 posted on 02/04/2011 3:32:38 AM PST by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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To: SoldierDad
>>>A U.S. Senator calling for the abandonment of law<<<

—What do they think this is, illegal immigration?

43 posted on 02/04/2011 3:33:35 AM PST by Shqipo (I am the unofficial originator of the Mega-Bump! Only use judiciously.)
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To: Citizen X_Area 51
Following a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the constitutionality of the new health care law, Assistant Senate Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told CNSNews.com that the Obama administration should continue enforcing the health care law despite federal judge Roger Vinson’s ruling that it is unconstitutional.

What would you expect from the Democrats? Do they not believe that the Constitution is outdated and flawed? After all, it was created by dead white men.

To Democrats the "rule of law" only applies to those they wish to punish or persecute; certainly not themselves! Somebody has to be above the law.

44 posted on 02/04/2011 3:36:17 AM PST by olezip
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To: Citizen X_Area 51

Its easy for Durbin to say the law should still be enforced....he does not do the enforcing, hence, he is in no legal jeopardy.

Durbin’s words are the bark of a coward.


45 posted on 02/04/2011 3:38:55 AM PST by Erik Latranyi (Too many conservatives urge retreat when the war of politics doesn't go their way.)
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To: Citizen X_Area 51

All the more reason why states and the people should reassert their 10th Amendment rights wihtout seeking permission from any branch of the federal government by telling the federal government it will not comply with Unconstitutional Obamacare because regulating health care is not an enumerated power granted to Congress and is therefore a power reserved to the states or the people.


46 posted on 02/04/2011 3:41:07 AM PST by Defend Liberty
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To: Greek
This will cause a Constitutional crisis..

We've had a Constitutional crisis ever since the flaming marxist usurper illegally occupied the Oval Office.
47 posted on 02/04/2011 3:42:17 AM PST by Defend Liberty
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To: SoldierDad

If he chooses to continue to enforce it, is that grounds for impeachment???


48 posted on 02/04/2011 3:47:45 AM PST by Waco (From Seward to Sarah)
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To: freekitty

Remember after Obama was elected when he had the office of President Elect.

Pompous bastards.


49 posted on 02/04/2011 3:52:44 AM PST by Graybeard58
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To: Citizen X_Area 51

Durbin is merely reflecting what the Obama admin plans to do.

You see, what American citizens don’t seem to comprehend is that this government does not intend to follow the law.

So, we have no recourse left that is a peaceful one.

very sad

I must be missing all the republicans out there demanding Obama follow the law.


50 posted on 02/04/2011 3:56:03 AM PST by dforest
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To: Cheerio

“Just imagine what the Feds can force you to purchase from the private sector. “

yea, assuming there will still be a PRIVATE sector left in most industries


51 posted on 02/04/2011 3:57:35 AM PST by Mrs. B.S. Roberts
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To: Citizen X_Area 51

A lawmaker who doesn’t believe in enforcing the law. They should all be tossed out.


52 posted on 02/04/2011 4:00:40 AM PST by jersey117
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To: Candor7

LOL!!!! That is great.


53 posted on 02/04/2011 4:24:30 AM PST by Eric Roelfsema
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To: Citizen X_Area 51

Daring the Pubbies....


54 posted on 02/04/2011 4:27:32 AM PST by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you do not, no explanation is possible")
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To: Greek

Bring it on! If it ever comes to civil war... the American left is the most effeminate demographic group on the face of the planet. We shall grease the wheels of our SUV’s with their entrails!


55 posted on 02/04/2011 4:42:24 AM PST by Weird Tolkienish Figure
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To: Citizen X_Area 51

Having scoured my Constitution fruitlessly searching for the lawful power for the judiciary, or individual judges, to make laws, amend constitutions, or veto legislation, I would have to say that if Obama thinks his health care law is constitutional he should go ahead.

Meanwhile, everyone affected in the particular case which was adjudicated in Florida should go ahead and follow the judge’s absolutely correct ruling.

And every other officer of government throughout the United States should make a similar call as to the constitutionality of the law and act accordingly, in line with their own oaths.

Which includes the immediate impeachment of any or all of those who are trying to enact this clearly unconstitutional law.

I believe this to be what someone has referred to as a “teachable moment.”


56 posted on 02/04/2011 4:42:35 AM PST by EternalVigilance (Is a child a person? Of course. Which is why we MUST ban abortion NOW.)
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To: EternalVigilance

It was determined in Marbury vs. Madison wasn’t it?


57 posted on 02/04/2011 4:45:44 AM PST by Weird Tolkienish Figure
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To: Springfield Reformer

Any thoughts on my post #56?


58 posted on 02/04/2011 4:46:35 AM PST by EternalVigilance (Is a child a person? Of course. Which is why we MUST ban abortion NOW.)
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To: Greek

Have they appealed and filed for a stay?


59 posted on 02/04/2011 4:48:32 AM PST by Jim Noble (Reelect Palin 2016)
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To: GeronL
Have we officially become a banana republic?

Yes, only we don't have any bananas.

Come to think of it, the republic part is in pretty short supply as well.

60 posted on 02/04/2011 4:51:13 AM PST by Mygirlsmom (What used to be called treason is now official US foreign policy.)
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