Judge Calls Health Law Unconstitutional

[Aabidano]

This is probably where it will fail, won't be sorry to see it go either. Maybe if they start over they can do it properly. Which doesn't involve shoveling extra billions of what are in effect tax payer dollars into insurance company coffers.

The judge wrote that his survey of case law “yielded no reported decisions from any federal appellate courts extending the Commerce Clause or General Welfare Clause to encompass regulation of a person’s decision not to purchase a product, not withstanding its effect on interstate commerce or role in a global regulatory scheme.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 15230.html

[masteen]

Maybe if they start over they can do it properly.

Unfortunately, due to the Democrats' inability to get anything done even when given a mandate unlike this country had seen since the Great Depression and the Neoconservatives ability to lie convincingly to stupid people, we will not see that happen for another 25 years.

[Tuberok]

Maybe if they start over they can do it properly.

Unfortunately, due to the Democrats' inability to get anything done even when given a mandate unlike this country had seen since the Great Depression and the Neoconservatives ability to lie convincingly to stupid people, we will not see that happen for another 25 years.

Sadly enough, too true.

[Fairweather Pure]

Damn activist judges!

[Kilmoll the Sexy]

Darn that pesky Constitution!

[Spang]

So far, the mandate has been ruled by three judges. The two Democratic-appointed judges upheld it, while the Republican-appointed judge ruled it unconstitutional. The next ruling should be by a Reagan-appointed judge in Florida, and there should be no surprises with his ruling, unless he upholds it.

Also, in Virginia, where this judge presides, drivers who don't purchase car insurance must pay the state $500.

[Boogahz]

Also, in Virginia, where this judge presides, drivers who don't purchase car insurance must pay the state $500.

Federal vs State law?

[Kilmoll the Sexy]

Don't confuse him with facts.

[Gzette]

Also there's the liability issue. Car and health insurance are not analogous. I can't kill you with my cancer. I can kill you with my Toyota.

[Zaelath]

Also there's the liability issue. Car and health insurance are not analogous. I can't kill you with my cancer. I can kill you with my Toyota.

But you can kill me with your syphillis, and not just by transmission, but by being a crazy motherfucker because your brain looks like swiss cheese.