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Here we go again.WASHINGTON | Fri Aug 12, 2011 1:24pm EDT
The Appeals Court for the 11th Circuit, based in Atlanta, found that Congress exceeded its authority by requiring Americans to buy coverage, but also ruled that the rest of the wide-ranging law could remain in effect.
The legality of the so-called individual mandate, a cornerstone of the healthcare law, is widely expected to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Obama administration has defended the provision as constitutional.
Obviously this is a court stacked by the Kock Brothers and "Big Pharma" who don't care about the poor, the elderly or "the children" and of course, don't realize the superior system of UHC.
Obviously this is a court stacked by the Kock Brothers and "Big Pharma" who don't care about the poor, the elderly or "the children" and of course, don't realize the superior system of UHC.
Fox News said:A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a provision in President Obama's health care law requiring citizens to buy health insurance is unconstitutional, but didn't strike down the rest of the law.
The decision is a major setback for the White House, which had appealed a ruling by a federal district judge who struck down the entire law in January. But the case is clearly headed to the Supreme Court, which will have the final say.
On Friday, the divided three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with 26 states that filed a lawsuit to block Obama's signature domestic initiative.The panel said that Congress exceeded its constitutional authority by requiring Americans to buy insurance or face penalties.
Read more: U.S. Appeals Court Rules Against Obama's Health Care Law - FoxNews.com
Supreme court bound no doubt. The lower court rulings of "unconstitutional" are adding up.
The gov could have avoided all this follow-up drama if they had just avoided 'requiring' anything - and just made it an option for those who qualified like all other government programs are run.
Foodstamps and pell grants haven't put banks and product manufacturers out of business :shrug:
The gov could have avoided all this follow-up drama if they had just avoided 'requiring' anything - and just made it an option for those who qualified like all other government programs are run.
Foodstamps and pell grants haven't put banks and product manufacturers out of business :shrug:
..Third, as this court has deemed, Obamacare is unconstitutional, so, without changing the constitution the US canno have UHC because the founders preferred that people be individually responsible, and independent of as much government controls as possible.
Private businesses aren't required to provide foodstamps and pell grants for each of their employees, either.
no, the Appeals Court has deemed the individual mandate to be unConstitutional, not ALL of Obamacare.
and the SCOTUS has the final say anyways, so who cares what the lower courts think.
My point with that line goes to people's arguments that the government's health care erquirement will put private insurance companies (etc) out of business.
But we have countless thriving private businesses even know - even WITH the function and presence of government support and aid that's provided. The Health Department gives immunizations - but numerous doctors still do. Free dental clinics still give dental exams and work to the poor - but dentists are still very much *in* business.
On and on - I think there's plenty of proof that just because the government offers something the private businesses who offer it as well won't necessarily be folding under.
The quicker this entire bill is toilet paper, the better off we'll all be.
The quicker this entire bill is toilet paper, the better off we'll all be.
Right, I'm impressed by Republicans' efforts to protect people who sponge off the health care system, costing those of us who do pay for their own insurance a significant amount of money. Save the free riders! To hell with personal responsibility! The new Republican slogan....
Pell grants and food stamps don't directly effect a company's bottom line, the way that Obamacare will. Cutting into the bottom line, even more and during a depression will most certainly cause businesses to go belly up. There are alot of them that are holding on by shoestring, as it is.
if this has been something the right wing had supported, they would call these judges "activist" for ruling it unconstitutional
I want to see the health care law scrapped, not because I am against the idea, but because what ended up coming to pass was a watered down piece of crap. It basically played right into the hands of insurance corporations who are part of the problem in the first place.
It's funny to note though that if this has been something the right wing had supported, they would call these judges "activist" for ruling it unconstitutional.
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