reply to post by adam76
Here you go then .
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. ( AKA Obama Care )
Judge Roger Vinson ruled on Jan31st that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. This ruling was a Declaratory judgment,
striking the law down i.e. this does not allow the White House to continue implementing the act. Thus, immediately cease implementing the law. Meaning
as of now the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is dead.
During all this, Judge Vinson made it very clear in his initial ruling on January 31st that the law is unconstitutional. Then the Justice department
files a motion for clarifying. (to clarify his original ruling), That took 2 and half weeks. This is also a known stall tactic, but a stupid one
trying pull that on a Federal Judge. The Judge had written it plain as day on the Declaratory Judgment. So now the Judge wrote the clarifying order in
response to the motion. The Whitehouse (Obama) now has 7 days to appeal to the appellate court. This is what happens when you make Federal Judge mad.
Obama has some very questionably legal tactics, I’m sure Obama is still trying to implement the law, this is why the 7 day Appellate court time.
Thus, it gives no more time to try and Implement the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The Ruling:
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. Forcing Americans to buy health insurance starting beginning in 2014.
After this display of questionably legal tactics by the Justice Department, the Appellate court just might stay the Declaratory judgment, meaning the
appeal is dead or the Appellate Court might move to the Supreme Court, which is a long shot right now. It’s hard to overturn a Declaratory Judgment
issued by a Federal Judge. That’s like trying to move a mountain. You cannot change certain parts of the Act as some of you would think. You cannot
go back and cherry pick it either. This is why the entire Patient Protection and Affordable Care law is Null and Void. No matter how many Judges
have ruled the Act constitutional, it only takes one Federal Judge to rule any law unconstitutional. That is the law of the land.
There are better ways for all americans to have heath care, but this is not one of them.