Doesn’t matter. The ruling is clear, it only covers the states that have filed the injunction. They still have an effective law because between 24 to 30 states are not contesting it.
There are also several aspects of the law already in effect. This a can of worms, so don’t get your hopes up quite yet.
Right. However, I should be able to go sun-tanning (in Alabama) without the 10% excise tax now!
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JUDGE WHO? — The White House says a ruling by a federal judge against the new health care law is an example of judicial “overreaching” and “activism.”
“This ruling is well out of the mainstream of judicial opinion,” Stephanie Cutter, an assistant to President Obama, wrote on the White House’s blog after Judge Roger Vinson in Florida ruled that the entire law is unconstitutional. “Today’s ruling ... is a plain case of judicial overreaching. The judge’s decision contradicts decades of Supreme Court precedent that support the considered judgment of the democratically elected branches of government that the Act’s ‘individual responsibility’ provision is necessary to prevent billions of dollars of cost-shifting every year by individuals without insurance who cannot pay for the health care they obtain.”
http://www.politico.com/politico44/
this on Politico44
JUDGE WHO? — The White House says a ruling by a federal judge against the new health care law is an example of judicial “overreaching” and “activism.”
“This ruling is well out of the mainstream of judicial opinion,” Stephanie Cutter, an assistant to President Obama, wrote on the White House’s blog after Judge Roger Vinson in Florida ruled that the entire law is unconstitutional. “Today’s ruling ... is a plain case of judicial overreaching. The judge’s decision contradicts decades of Supreme Court precedent that support the considered judgment of the democratically elected branches of government that the Act’s ‘individual responsibility’ provision is necessary to prevent billions of dollars of cost-shifting every year by individuals without insurance who cannot pay for the health care they obtain.”
http://www.politico.com/politico44/
Agreed. This is only the first step.
The 11th Circuit will probably issue a stay and hear the appeal. It’ll ultimately end up before the Supremes.
I don't see how that's possible. Unconstitutional for one, is unconstitutional for all.
Until some higher court rules otherwise, Obamacare is null and void throughout the land.