Posted on 03/15/2011 5:10:30 PM PDT by PROCON
Senator Schumer is pretty sure that the Supreme Court is not one of the equal but separate branches of government, so as such it’s possible that Chuck’s advised the White House that they have the power to tell the Supreme Court what to do:
The Obama administration told the Supreme Court on Monday night it should stay away from a high-profile challenge to the 2010 health care law until after a lower court has had a chance to review the case.
Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal wrote, “there is no basis for short-circuiting the normal course of appellate review.” Katyal also says Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s case is problematic because he may lack sufficient standing to challenge the health care law. [...] In his filing last month, Cuccinelli said there’s a “palpable consensus” that the high court will ultimately have to pass judgment on the merits of President Obama’s health care law and should do so without delay. Furthermore, Cuccinelli argues that his case involves “pure issues of constitutional law” that appellate judges on the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals will be unable to definitively resolve. Team Obama has said they’re absolutely convinced of the health care law’s constitutionality, so with that in mind wouldn’t you think they’d welcome a fast-track opinion on the law and ultimate thumbs-up from the Supreme Court?
‘Does the SCOTUS have original jurisdiction?’
Does not matter since the case is already in multiple appellate Courts.
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Mussolini Lives - in the White House.
Karl Marx and Saul Alinsky did their jobs well.
...and I pray that the five will be healthy for the duration.
Well, it does seem as if the Supremes are bowing down to the usurper. They’re evading the NBC issue so why not Obamacare?
bttt
Dictatorship anyone?
This should encourage Alito.
Just what I was thinking. Nobody BELOW Obama has “standing” for anything. He thinks we are all permanent serfs, just because he fooled a lot of people two years ago. This guy has a rude awakening in store for him.
I'd love to see the Supremes hand him his head-maybe include a severe punishment for interfering with the judiciary.
If I was Obama, I’d do the same thing. I’d want to drag this thing out as long as possible to let the health care monstrosity get its hooks into the American fabric. Obama can say whatever he wants. That’s the president’s prerogative. But it’s up to the Supreme Court to tell him to go to hell.
1 For the administration to respond and oppose the request for expedited hearing is perfectly normal and is no more arrogant than the request for expedited hearing (neither is arrogant).
2 IMHO the admin is hoping a conservative justice will retire or die before this is heard.
If 10 million patriots showed up outside the White House, all in very bad moods, would We the People have standing then?
Has he not even READ the Constitution once?
/rhetorical.
Liberal fascism alert.
I hope so too, I can’t imagine that even some of his lap dogs on the Supreme Court appreciate this administration telling them what their place is now, and they had better stay in it!
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