Posted on 03/27/2012 9:51:02 AM PDT by C19fan
The Supreme Court just wrapped up the second day of oral arguments in the landmark case against President Obama's healthcare overhaul, and reports from inside the courtroom indicate that the controversial law took quite a beating. Today's arguments focused around the central constitutional question of whether Congress has the power to force Americans to either pay for health insurance or pay a penalty. According to CNN's legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, the arguments were "a train wreck for the Obama administration."
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That would make a great tagline. Except I’m not tired of mine yet.
You do have a good tagline.
Romney (or any Republican) gives us a chance of getting a decent Supreme Court justice nominee.
We know what type Obama will give us.
They knock work at noon over there? Nice work if you can get it I guess.
Just for the record, it’s not working in MA. Healthcare costs have surged through the roof and into the stratosphere since Romneycare was implemented. People who can’t afford the premiums are being fined heavily, and if they can’t pay the fines then penalties are being assessed on top of the fines. The other 49 [that would be 56, by Obama’s count] states are paying through the nose to subsidize Romneycare. All they’re trying to do is keep it afloat until they can shift the burden to Obamacare.
Fwiw.
I’ve heard that a lot of folks are worried about Roberts.
In regards to Romney his track record of court appointments in Mass is horrible.
Takes a communist like Obama to turn a moderate like Kennedy into a conservative.
Yes, I am talking principle though. It might work in a state as opposed to a whole country. At least in a state you would have the option to move. I’m talking about the moral premise underneath a mandate like that. How can you say you are for individual liberty and limited government and at the same time sign such a bill into law. I only ask because I am having a real hard time with this election. I feel like voting for Romney would be a breach of my principles. I also feel like Obama needs to go at almost any cost. But where to draw the line is the hard question. It feels like some kind of cosmic joke. I thought the message of the 2010 election was pretty clear and yet we are most likely going to end up with a nominee who, in his own state, implemented a plan identical in principle to Obamacare.
...though use of the term “train wreck” does brighten my day a bit
Yeah, that is a very good point indeed.
The way Palin explained it on Greta last night - the Massachusetts law is a states rights 10th Amendment issue. It wasn’t mandated on the entire country like obamacare. She actually articulated it very well when Greta asked her your same question.
Now I gotta clean the ice tea off my screen (LOL) you win post of the day !
It means nothing and just gives cover to the pusillanimity of the judiciary
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I'm not concerned about the vote count, it will be 5-4, Unconstitutional, BUT, like the Godfather, I am worried about a terrible accident to one of the conservative Justices, like one is accidentally shot, or hangs himself, or drowns in his bath tub.
I’m afraid the fix has been in since Obama’s privite meeting with the supremes before he was elected. Why else would he need to meet them privately before hand?
Oral arguments are just one small part of what the Justices do. Mostly, it’s to review cases and discuss them with their law clerks and the other justices, and then review and/or edit draft opinions written (or sometimes write them, depending on their relationship with their law clerks).
Well, for one thing, a mandate at the state level is constitutional, while a mandate at the federal level is not. Both are bad policy, but only one is unconstitutional.
Yep... both fat ladies. Unfortunately, they’re Obama’s pets.
I won’t get my hopes up. This Frankenstein’s monster of legislation was supposed to have died back when Scott Brown was elected. I’m sure Souter will be working on Kennedy.
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