Posted on 12/13/2010 1:15:06 PM PST by pissant
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint made the following statement after a federal judge ruled that the individual mandate in President Obama's health care takeover bill "exceeds the constitutional boundaries of congressional power."
"Today's decision makes it clear that President Obama and Democrats overreached and violated the Constitution in their rush to pass a federal takeover of our health care system. Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli made a compelling case that Obamacare violated the constitutional rights of Americans by forcing them into a government program against their will.
"The Constitution neither grants Congress nor the President the power to compel every American to buy government-approved health insurance. The unconstitutional individual mandate is the centerpiece of the health care takeover and today's ruling should signal the beginning of the end for Obamacare. Congress must listen to the American people and fully repeal Obamacare immediately. Then we can move to real solutions that make health care more affordable and increase choices that keep patients in control over their own care."
(Excerpt) Read more at thecypresstimes.com ...
IATZ. I agree, long overdue.
Thanks for providing another good example of that axiom.
BTW, your spamming of this thread is but another reason to be shown as a true troll. Bye now.
I know, I know.
They cannot have a public option if they cannot fund it. Where are they going to get money?
You've never seen the GOP fold before?
He didn't "decide what the law should or shouldn't be."
He decided that the law was contrary to the enumerated powers of the US Constitution.
That's his job. Now it goes to the USSC, who will decide whether he is right or not.
A court, using the constitution, and acts of the congress, to rule that the current congress erred and exceeded its constitutional authority is not ‘judicial activism,’ but following its constitutional directive.
I’ve been aware that you are a statist/socialist for a number of years, and am amazed that you are allowed to spew your crap here. Many that were far more tolerable than you have been zotted for much less than your insanity on this thread alone.
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> “You might try quoting the Court’s opinion for what it held, not for what you think you can make it say if you just cite a single sentence out of context.”
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Mojave was well aware that he was deceiving grossly when he misquoted Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Mellon, 262 U.S. 447 (1923), and that was his specific intention.
It has been evident from the first time he posted here that such was the nature of his character.
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Wow, imagine that!
The constitution advocates “judicial activism.” /s
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I could swear you were pegged as a troll awhile ago...
A long overdue zot. I remember a few months back Mojave was trying to make the case that Palin was a stealth pro-abort because she had a D&C after suffering a miscarriage.
Well, you were warned.
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