Posted on 01/31/2011 1:11:55 PM PST by rxsid
"Judge rules healthcare reform unconstitutional
By Tom Brown
MIAMI | Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:28pm EST
MIAMI (Reuters) - A judge in Florida on Monday became the second judge to declare President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law unconstitutional, in the biggest legal challenge yet to federal authority to enact the law.
U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, appointed to the bench by President Ronald Reagan in 1983, ruled that the reform law's so-called "individual mandate" went too far in requiring that Americans start buying health insurance in 2014 or pay a penalty.
"Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire act must be declared void. This has been a difficult decision to reach, and I am aware that it will have indeterminable implications," Vinson wrote.
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"Judge rules healthcare reform unconstitutional"
This is the 2nd judge to rule Barry care is unconstitutional.
I hear screams of joy in the distance.
This ruling, however, by Judge Vinson from Florida seems to go further by ruling the ENTIRE Act to be unconstitutional...not "just" the individual mandate.
But is the ruling binding? I mean, did he put a stay on the mandate.
PGFWABF!
According to another report, the judge did not put a stay on the mandate because he said it was unnecessary, since the entire act was unconstitutional.
These rulings plus the millions of waivers Zero has granted, make it totally unconstitutional. You cannot force SOME of the people to take it & not millions of others!
What does the following represent?
In the Senate of the United States, December 24, 2009. Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 3590) entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal employees, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following...
If being stumped and giving up is the result, check :
Unfortunately, two other states, Illinois and another pit of corruption state has ruled it Constitutional already.
We can't deny that, among other things, some animals (exemptions for millions) are more equal than others...
>>According to another report, the judge did not put a stay on the mandate because he said it was unnecessary, since the entire act was unconstitutional.<<
That is how I see it. The ruling IS the “stay”.
No, he said no injunction was necessary because he knew the federal gov’t would follow the law, and the he was determining that the HC law is void.
What an sucker! If they’d followed the law we’d never have this piece of crap law!
“Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire act must be declared void. This has been a difficult decision to reach, and I am aware that it will have indeterminable implications,” Vinson wrote.
“Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire act must be declared void. This has been a difficult decision to reach, and I am aware that it will have indeterminable implications,” Vinson wrote.
Excellent!
News ping!
IMO, that should have been, or should be, the congresscritters’ next bill -
make the waivers illegal.
AMEN!
Would love to personally thank these two Judges. I’m so thankful that there are some honorable men left.
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