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'Congress had the power to impose the exaction in Section 5000A under the taxing power, and that Section 5000A need not be read to do more than impose a tax. This is sufficient to sustain it. '
Oh well.
This is the world we live in.
- Wait? Wtf?
Obama Contemplates His Place Among The Pantheon Court rules Obamacare subsidies illegal... 'Potentially crippling blow'... 'Massive setback'... Premiums poised to spike for millions... PAPER: 'Wording glitch'... OBAMA LAW PROF:...
- Spineless Bastards
The government we deserve. . . Newsmax: Boehner: Obamacare is 'Law of the Land' House Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday that Obamacare was “the law of the land” – apparently conceding that GOP efforts to repeal President...
- Federal Judge:obamacare Unconstitutional
A couple weeks ago and this would have been the BIG story of the day. . . Newsmax: Fla. Judge Strikes Down Health Overhaul Monday, 31 Jan 2011 PENSACOLA, Fla. – A federal judge ruled Monday that the Obama administration's health care overhaul is...
- Judge Rules Obamacare Unconstituional
We knew that. . . Yahoo: Judge in Va. strikes down federal health care law By LARRY O'DELL, Associated Press Larry O'dell, Associated Press – 11 mins ago RICHMOND, Va. – A federal judge declared the Obama administration's health care law...
- Could Scotus Be The Death Panel For Health-care Reform?
From Talking Points Memo: Now that President Obama has signed health-care reform into law, opponents of the bill are pinning their hopes of stopping it on a last-ditch legal strategy. A group of 13 state attorneys general has filed suit (pdf), arguing...
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Obamacare Mandate Approved By Supreme Court, Not Under Commerce Clause, But Under The Power To Tax
'Congress had the power to impose the exaction in Section 5000A under the taxing power, and that Section 5000A need not be read to do more than impose a tax. This is sufficient to sustain it. '
Oh well.
This is the world we live in.
(WaPo) – The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the individual health-insurance mandate that is at the heart of President Obama’s landmark health-care law, saying the mandate is permissible under Congress’s taxing authority.
The potentially game-changing, election-year decision — a major victory for the White House less than five months before the November elections –will help redefine the power of the national government and affect the health-care choices of millions of Americans.
Passage of the legislation by the Democratic-controlled Congress in 2010 was the signature domestic achievement of Obama’s presidency, capping decades of efforts to implement a national program of health care. When the legislation was passed, it was expected to eventually extend health-care coverage to more than 30 million Americans who currently lack it.
Republicans in Congress and GOP presidential challenger Mitt Romney vowed to try and repeal the measure after the November elections if it was upheld by the court.
The health-care issue thrust the Supreme Court into the public spotlight unlike anything since its role in the 2000 presidential election. The court’s examination of the law received massive coverage — especially during three days of oral arguments in March — and its outcome remained Washington’s most closely guarded secret.More:
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Insurance mandate survives in 6-3 Supreme Court ruling
- Wait? Wtf?
Obama Contemplates His Place Among The Pantheon Court rules Obamacare subsidies illegal... 'Potentially crippling blow'... 'Massive setback'... Premiums poised to spike for millions... PAPER: 'Wording glitch'... OBAMA LAW PROF:...
- Spineless Bastards
The government we deserve. . . Newsmax: Boehner: Obamacare is 'Law of the Land' House Speaker John Boehner said on Thursday that Obamacare was “the law of the land” – apparently conceding that GOP efforts to repeal President...
- Federal Judge:obamacare Unconstitutional
A couple weeks ago and this would have been the BIG story of the day. . . Newsmax: Fla. Judge Strikes Down Health Overhaul Monday, 31 Jan 2011 PENSACOLA, Fla. – A federal judge ruled Monday that the Obama administration's health care overhaul is...
- Judge Rules Obamacare Unconstituional
We knew that. . . Yahoo: Judge in Va. strikes down federal health care law By LARRY O'DELL, Associated Press Larry O'dell, Associated Press – 11 mins ago RICHMOND, Va. – A federal judge declared the Obama administration's health care law...
- Could Scotus Be The Death Panel For Health-care Reform?
From Talking Points Memo: Now that President Obama has signed health-care reform into law, opponents of the bill are pinning their hopes of stopping it on a last-ditch legal strategy. A group of 13 state attorneys general has filed suit (pdf), arguing...