Posted on 02/18/2011 5:46:04 PM PST by PJ-Comix
PENSACOLA, Fla. -- A federal judge in Florida has given the 26 states suing to stop President Barack Obama's health care overhaul until Thursday to respond to the administration's contention that they must implement the law even though it has been declared it unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson issued the order Friday in response to the government's motion a day earlier. It asks him to clarify his January ruling declaring the law unconstitutional.
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How can you respond to something that stupid?
Judge is giving the states permission to tell Obotula to go to hell.
I think I would have been a little more blunt like “What part of unconstitutional do you not understand”
Guess this is kinda like Clinton asking what the definition of “is” is.
this about to get interesting
Yep! Judge Vinson has apparently out-smarted the law wing of the Obama regime.
there response should be Surrender? We have not yet begun to fight.
JPJ
Huh?
What will states say?
hold the rookie in contempt?
fine the doj?
... so many possibilities....
but i do like the the judge is asking the plaintiffs to respond ...
You can't make this stuff up...
It sounds like Judge Vinson is about to hit boy president and his thugs with both barrels.
With just a cursory glance, I'd say that the "writer" of this article needs to take a crash course in burger flipping.
The states will say the judge declared the law unconstitutional therefore we are not going to follow it and if you try to push us around there is going to be trouble. Then they will say show us your birth certificate.
I think the judge is basically getting the minds of 26 states to go up against Obama and his minions on what his ruling means. Obama wanted clarity, he is going to get it. The judge is smart.
If he ruled 2+2=4 Obama would ask for clarification. They are stalling because they are stuck. They have not appealed or asked for a stay. That should tell us something.
This is especially true since the judge declared in his written judgment that no injunction to halt implementation was necessary due to the nature of the ruling.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
They have obviously investigated every aspect of his life and found nothing.
Wisconsin lost and Pensacola Lost.
This is quite surprising to me.
The Government basically asked Judge Vinson to clarify his position on whether his judgement was, in effect, a restraining order on the Governments implementation and execution of Obamacare.
As noted by many Freepers, you don’t need to be a lawyer to understand that Vinson’s decision was, in effect, a restraining order.
So why would the Judge need any input from the 26 or so plaintif states in order to respond to the Government?
‘Tis a mystery to me.
The great part is they thought this would trap the judge somehow, yet he delegated the interpretation to the AG’s office of the 26 states. Brilliant
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