"Virtually everyone will need health care services at some point," he wrote.
Now only the Supreme Court stands between the American people and a ravenous nanny-state foaming at the mouth to control our every "needed" purchase--from cradle to grave.
Posted on 06/29/2011 11:05:59 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
A federal appeals court in Cincinnati on Wednesday upheld the health-care law passed by Congress last year, saying the law's requirement for most Americans to carry insurance or pay a penalty is constitutional.
The vote was 2-1 on the three-judge panel on the key question of whether the insurance requirement exceeded Congress's powers under the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution. The majority concluded that it did not.
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Sadly, nothing will happen. The only thing that will wake up enough Americans is a total economic collapse.
The only thing that will wake up enough Americans is when we’re all being perp-walked into a waiting federal cruiser.
But obviously, by that time, it will be too late. Which is exactly what the government is going for.
And therein lies the crux of this problem - our modern day reliance on case law. Unlike what the Founders intended, courts today rarely if ever reach down far enough to determine whether a law is truly constitutional by comparing it to the Constitution's original intent. They merely look at how previous courts have ruled on the matter (and then add a liberal dose of their own foolish reasoning for good measure). This is idiotic, as it means that if the first court got it wrong their error is compounded as subsequent courts build upon the faulty foundation.
AND why is this, and threads similar, not lighting up as a Christmas trees?
And I hope they get to it promptly. There are hundreds of scumbag socialists in Wash DC working 80 hours a week to implement nobamacare behind closed doors with no accountability.
I'm concerned that if SCOTUS waits too long, the cry will be, "Healthcare is too big to fall! You must find it constitutional."
God help us if it comes to CW II or Rev II. If it does, then your intentions would be applauded by our Founders. They always would want us to be vigilant against tyranny. Without a doubt, tyranny is on the march. The big question in the coming years is if it can be reversed peacefully.
Which is where the whole joke of precedence comes in. There was a reason the first Supreme Court had only 5 justices, because all they had to go on was the Constitution. Then it was increased to 7, then 9, and I have no idea where precedence comes from, or who started it.
Predictably it will come down to which side of the bed Kennedy wakes up on.
?? Sorry, I am not sure what you mean? Do you imply we should be livid at the encroaching tyranny? If so I agree. Our Republic is being transformed into a Socialist hell and most Americans seem unaware. It's frustrating to behold.
The will of the People is being ignored by ALL branches of government and certainly by the parasites that infest the executive agencies.
That or else is going to cause a lot of people to need medical care. Sometimes I think the purpose of Obamacare and the blizzard of other new laws and regulations is to so fragment society and pit us against ourselves so that the country will collapse.
Ludicrous. But I guess this means when we regain control of the presidency and congress we can mandate everyone owns a gun (for national defense and as guaranteed by the 2nd ammendment, enforced by the commerce clause) or a Bible. I suppose everyone having to make a one-time expenditure to buy a gun, as opposed to a monthly, endless health insurance fee, would be hailed by the left as unconstitutional. Of course it’s unconstitutional! The government cannot force people to buy products! That’s the whole point.
Time to rumble!
If the Court is truly trying to determine constitutionality (I know, humor me for a minute and assume that there still exists a judge who cares), then what better method exists than to examine what else the Framers wrote and to observe their actions after they ratified the Constitution? If we used this straightforward method, many of today's constitutional debates would become moot. Certainly, as an example, the whole "separation clause" debate would be shown to be silly once a court actually realized that the very same people who wrote it subsequently held church services in the Capitol building and in the Supreme Court chambers! And a hundred other examples, such as Congress appropriating funds for the purchase of Bibles, could be cited as icing on the cake.
On so many constitutional questions there really is no room for debate if we just quit relying on politically-motivated reinterpretation and instead look to original intent.
Yes if they should uphold Obamacare then the Congress will have to repeal it. Its got to go.
Now only the Supreme Court stands between the American people and a ravenous nanny-state foaming at the mouth to control our every "needed" purchase--from cradle to grave.
If big brother passed a law against breathing and the courts ruled it constitutional, I wonder how many people would follow it because they said so.
Hmmm.
Maybe I got it all wrong.
You mean John Roberts and Samuel Alito? That “crap”?
DITTO! He can stick it where the sun doesn’t shine. That POS doesn’t rule my life or tell me what to do . Like you said, they can go eff off. I don’t need their sh*tty gestapo death panels health care. I can very easily get my health care ( and it is EXCELLENT) at my home outside the U.S. If it’s not repealed and I reach the age where Medicare kicks in, I’m out of here for good.
Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito will trump this one.
Just incidentally, appointed by George W Bush.
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