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To: sam_paine
Repeal it. It didn't originate in the House.

Yep, start with that (and I won't get into the monkey business of actual passage...) Then face the challenge from the first taxpayer who goes before the court to challenge being charged a tax for not doing something. This bill is far, far from being settled law, as much as the liberals want to imagine it is.

Would I have preferred Roberts to simply toss the bill in it's entirety? Yeah, I would have. Will I settle for vast openings to dismantle it as well as a 9-0 vote on the commerce clause being limited? I'll pop the bottle of bubbly for that and make ready for the next battle.

242 posted on 06/29/2012 7:04:21 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: kingu
What I find interesting in the finding is the part that says that the Government cannot withhold established funding to a state in order to force the state to act.

Remember when Carter told the states they had to drop the speed limit on the Interstates to 55 mph to save on gas? The threat was that he would withhold DOT Highway Funds from the states that didn't comply.

Remember when some president decided the drinking age was 21 and was going to withhold highway money if a state didn't comply?

All that kind of manipulation has been tossed in the trash heap by this ruling. Don't think any of the talking heads have figured that out yet.

252 posted on 06/29/2012 7:22:11 AM PDT by Flint
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