Posted on 03/24/2010 11:55:27 AM PDT by Snerdley
Attorney General says staff reviewing health care bill by ANDREW BECKETT on MARCH 23, 2010 in POLITICS & GOVERNMENT Wisconsin’s Attorney General says it’s not his decision whether or not to challenge federal health care legislation passed by Congress.
Republicans and several groups are calling on Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen to bring legal action to block the health care reforms approved by Congress Sunday night. In a statement released Monday afternoon, Van Hollen said he’s disappointed in much of the policy included in the bill, but he does not have the power to mount a challenge on his own.
After the President signs the measure, Van Hollen says the governor or Legislature would have to authorize him to act.
The Attorney General says his staff has been reviewing if there is a legal basis to file a claim, and they have also been in contact with other states that are talking about legal action.
Van Hollen says the role of his office is not to veto the actions of elected members of Congress, but to examine whether laws are Constitutional.
No more talk,,It is time for action.
It is time to follow our the lead of the Founders
“That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness”….Thomas Jefferson
Is this guy serious?
Unfortunately, yes.
Just another pretty face.
Exactly, and then when you find that the law is UnConstitutional it is your civic duty to file a lawsuit on behalf of the citizens of your state you friggin spineless moron!
If nothing else.. doesn’t Obamacare violate the 4th ammendment right to privacy in my body as outlined in the 1973 Supreme court case known as Roe V. Wade?
If the government can’t define medical issues with a pregnant woman’s body regarding abortion, why can they do that for any other medical issue?
I liked Van Hollen better with David Lee Roth.
Constitutional? Oh please. Does the name RINO ring a bell?
And if you really want to puke, you should see the editorial by one of our local tv station’s manager, Neil Heinen.
I can’t find a link to the video, but the text is posted in a question and comment format on the station’s website, here:
Maybe the site needs to be Freeped— unfortunately, to post comments registration is required...
Call me paranoid but I think Obama’s goon squads have been contacting these AGs. It amazes me they will not pursue this.
Ahhhhhh, a nice, safe bureaucracy to hide in ...
Unfortunately, the federal government will just cut off federal funds and they’ll all cave. So many stupid people voting. It makes me sick!
We must accept that in some States some AG’s are constrained by the Governor and master.
We have a lot of ways to attack this problem legally alone, but should we fail here we have many other options still awaiting.
I think one interesting thing is to have Nebraska pose as the “posing party” who gets sued under its kick back, only we will have both sides fighting to get the bill ruled unconstitutional. I think Nebraska might be amendable to playing this game with us. They are out to clear their name.
because Nebraskans unlike Liberal democrats actually care about the opinions and setement of the people whom they must live with. Liberals only seem to care about people overseas who we never have to live with. To that end they forsaken and abuses their friends and family.
Well we got a lot of options at our disposal:
1st: We got the legal challenge.
2nd: We got nullification and interposition.
3rd: We got crashing the system by means of everyone leaving their health insurance plan when the pre-existing mandates end in 6 mouths.
4th: We have a growing interest in secession in many of our freedom loving states.
This fight for American FREEDOM has just begun!
The problem with the feds cutting funds is if they do it to too many States, they overplay their hand and hurt themselves. Ultimately the States get off the federal tit and the feds loose all influence, or better yet they successfully implement a Federal Tax Escrow account and rob the Feds of their ability to implement unconstitutional blackmail against them.
One thing we should be shooting for in the republican party is a commitment NEVER to target ANY state for ANY reason!
We must force republicans in congress to resist any effort particularity when they get the power to stop such.
We must weaken the Federal governments ability to respond to the States and ultimately cut all such financial influence. There must be competition between the states for Government to lose and freedom to win! We will not win theses political battles against Big Government In Washington D.C. nor directly in the Statehouses, instead we must rely upon free market competition between the States to FORCE them to downsize!
Everyone take note...these down-ticket offices in off-year elections like State AG really DO matter!
Time to fire WI AG!
Is it just me, or was that the most steaming pile of crap ever spoken? He doesn’t know whether he is to be authorized by the executive or the legislative? It’s not his job to veto? Nobody asked him to veto anything. Putz.
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