Posted on 08/12/2011 2:19:36 PM PDT by NYer
WASHINGTON, August 12, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a major blow to the Obama administration, an appeals court on Friday sided with 26 U.S. attorneys general who say the president’s health care law is unconstitutional for forcing U.S. citizens to purchase health insurance.
The decision came from a 3-judge panel of the Atlanta, Ga.-based 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, and was split 2-1 against the mandate.
“This economic mandate represents a wholly novel and potentially unbounded assertion of congressional authority: the ability to compel Americans to purchase an expensive health insurance product they have elected not to buy, and to make them re-purchase that insurance product every month for their entire lives,” stated the opinion as quoted by Reuters.
Politico notes that this is the first ruling against the law by a judge appointed by a Democrat.
Former President Bill Clinton appointed Judge Frank Hull, who on Friday joined the opinion of Chief Judge Joel Dubina, a George H.W. Bush appointee.
The Obama administration may either call on the full appeals court to review the ruling, or appeal directly to the Supreme Court, a decision due within 90 days.
The same law awaits a ruling in the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in a lawsuit brought by the state of Virginia.
I believe once Obamacare reaches the Supreme Court they will also rule it unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court does not operate in a vacuum. They can see the financial mess our country is in and they also know that adding one more entitlement program to the already overburden taxpayer may very well be the straw that breaks the taxpayers back.
Allowing it to be implemented will just hasten the collapse of our nation, I do not think even the liberals on the court want that.
May I be the first to say a big Thank You!
To the Judge? It is a blessing to have Judges
That will rule according to the law rather than
According to who is in power.
Embarrassing to have to ask—in Atlanta, to get past a Clintoon appointee, for goodness' sake.
I’ll be happier when the first federal Judge rules Barack Obama unconstitutional.
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“The Supreme Court does not operate in a vacuum. They can see the financial mess our country is in and they also know that adding one more entitlement program to the already overburden taxpayer may very well be the straw that breaks the taxpayers back.”
Good analysis. The elitists realize there must some modicum of law and order and subsequent peace for them to continue to survive.
The fascist and Marxist idealogues are another matter. We’ll need to pry them from their ratholes and out of America at the point of a bayonet. My suggestion is to give them a one-way ticket to North Korea. They can join their Stalinist comrade brothers and sisters eating bark off trees and singing praises to “dear leader.” Or we can hang them.
If we don’t solve this problem, they’ll come back at us for another run - 2020, 2024, whatever - to take our America, by force, and impose a communist “paradise.” It’s time to end this crap once and for all. Either they leave voluntarily - now - or we force them out of America with the law, backed by a bayonet. They are traitors, after all.
Johnny Cash, step aside. Instead of "A Boy Named Sue" we now have "A Girl Named Frank".
What’s your take on the ruling and it’s implications?
A girl named Stanley got us into this mess.
First time I filed something with her calendar clerk, it got me, too. We're all used to it here a long time ago.
I almost named my second dog "A Dog Named Sue" but decided against it.
With a 2-1, they'll go for an en banc rehearing before they go on to the Supremes. I'm confident in our crew here in Atlanta, they're by and large pretty good judges -- it's the folks from Florida that I don't know and worry about.
Repeal the whole thing. 0bamaCare stinks.
In the interim, Boehner should be using this ruling as a basis for another vote on the repeal of Obamacare, one that emphasizes the cuts to Medicare and the one trillion dollars in new taxes.
“In the interim, Boehner should be using this ruling as a basis for another vote on the repeal of Obamacare”
Agree. Boehner should also be challenging our continuing involvement in Libya, but he won’t. Unfortunately, Boehner is part of the problem in DC. His staff won’t even answer the phones anymore.
It is a pretty long decision. Thanks for sharing your insights!
Please remember that BHO called for a separate Civilian Police Force answering to HIM that would be equal in Strength andBudget to America’s Military!!, and not one Media Screamed the High Heavens over this Atrocious Takeover of Powers! This Idiot is Dangerous beyond ALL COMPREHENSION! He is worse than Hitler, Stalin, Castro, Chavez and Imanutjob combined!! May We Pray that GOD Saves America from the Freakin Libs and Braindead Followers of the LIB Leaders!.
“Please remember that BHO called for a separate Civilian Police Force answering to HIM that would be equal in Strength andBudget to America’s Military!!”
Well, we will keep an eye out for obuma’s Fat Welfare Momma Division.
Thats Good! Just Look Out for His Muslim Terrorist Brigades out of Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Kenya,Venezuela, Cuba, China,Libya and every other dirtball Dictatorship that HUSSEIN LOVES! Its just not Fat Momma’s that HUSSEIN will use to try and destroy Our AMERICA!!
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