tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post4242669259328812386..comments2024-03-28T21:41:52.558-04:00Comments on The Elephant Bar: When a Federal Judge Says a Law is Unconstitutional, Does that Mean Optional?Deuce ☂http://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-78761911892760071122011-02-03T14:46:51.974-05:002011-02-03T14:46:51.974-05:00Now there's another US-supported Middle East d...Now there's another US-supported Middle East dictator, in power for three decades, announcing he will step down. This time in Yemem. We haven't had that spirit here since Nineteen Eighty-nine.<br /><br /><i><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703960804576119421179920308.html" rel="nofollow">SAN'A, Yemen—Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh</a> said that he won't run for re-election when his term ends in 2013, and that he won't attempt to pass on the presidency to his son, abruptly ending his bid to change the constitution to erase all term limits on the post.</i><br /><br />It's an ill wind that blows no good.Teresitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528002521904908827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-60734845927270767272011-02-03T11:58:09.329-05:002011-02-03T11:58:09.329-05:00The government argued in December that the indiv...The government argued in December that the individual mandate was necessary to make the whole bill work. Without it, the bill falls apart.<br /><br />The Dems forgot the severalibility clause in their haste to pass this bill. Pelosi did say that they had to pass the bill to find out what was in it. The White House wants to blame somebody, because sombody forgot that simple little boiler plate clause in the first place. Quite remarkable to say the least.<br /><br />This is how the White House defends its defiance to the Court:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/02/01/affordable-care-act-and-courts-what-experts-are-saying" rel="nofollow"> Reasons to ignore The US Constitution"</a>Deucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09795547877694092754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-89121073759670437862011-02-03T11:22:15.218-05:002011-02-03T11:22:15.218-05:00Right now, by the way, the score is 2 - 2.Right now, by the way, the score is 2 - 2.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13227273542288165832011-02-03T11:10:14.449-05:002011-02-03T11:10:14.449-05:0030 Million, or so, of our people have No Insurance...30 Million, or so, of our people have No Insurance, other than Emergency Room Care. Many more millions have, virtually, worthless insurance - policies with a $3,000.00 Annual limit, etc.<br /><br />No Society will survive, much less thrive, that can't provide some reasonable minimum of healthcare for its members. At present, the United States isn't doing this.<br /><br />This issue won't go away. The Republicans have long been part of the problem. The best thing (for them) that they could do would be to become part of the solution.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3322093373179141512011-02-03T10:56:18.550-05:002011-02-03T10:56:18.550-05:00Ol' Judge Napolitano is a bit of a loon. Null...Ol' Judge Napolitano is a bit of a loon. Nullification has been shot down every time it's been tried.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90929511594995669562011-02-03T10:45:48.142-05:002011-02-03T10:45:48.142-05:00Nikki Haley, Republican Governor of South Carolina...<i>Nikki Haley, Republican Governor of South Carolina: “We have long argued that, among its many other flaws, the national health-care law is unconstitutional, something that is now increasingly clear to all. South Carolina must take steps to avoid this unconstitutional infringement – one we do not want and cannot afford. We can improve health care in our state without this massive mandate from Washington, and that’s what our Administration, working with the General Assembly, will do.”</i>Deuce ☂https://www.blogger.com/profile/13472858446242700869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-87964856519468355852011-02-03T09:20:29.938-05:002011-02-03T09:20:29.938-05:00Health-Care Ruling: All Eyes on Justice Kennedy
W...<a href="http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/the-gaggle/2011/02/01/health-care-ruling-all-eyes-on-justice-kennedy.html" rel="nofollow">Health-Care Ruling: All Eyes on Justice Kennedy</a><br /><br /><i><b>With a Florida judge’s ruling against the administration Monday, Obama’s health-care plan seems destined for a Supreme Court showdown, where Justice Anthony Kennedy will be the swing vote.</b></i>desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-55066113208929302382011-02-03T09:18:59.849-05:002011-02-03T09:18:59.849-05:00The Judicial Death Panel has ruled in the case of ...<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8fCBPQZ2TQ4/TUi91a_jw4I/AAAAAAAAEr8/Pg25VQu-igM/s400/x2_c0c472.jpeg" rel="nofollow">The Judicial Death Panel has ruled in the case of ObamaCare™</a><br /><br />Malkin: "Hey, remember when conservatives objected to ObamaCare™ on Constitutional grounds and progressives laughed?"<br /><br />Sen. McConnell: "If you can compel Americans to purchase insurance, you can compel them to buy vitamins or anything."<br /><br />After Obtaining Their Own Waivers… SEIU Fights GOP ObamaCare™ Repeal Vote<br /><br />U.S. Senate votes 81-17 to repeal #1099 provision of ObamaCare™. Dissenting votes, sixteen Donks and Socialist Bernie Sanders.<br /><br />Republicans Offer Bill to Allow States to Opt-Out of ObamaCare™<br /><br />White House adviser: striking down ObamaCare™ is "judicial activism".<br /><br />AFL-CIO rep says ObamaCare™ waivers are ok for unions but not the rest of us.<br /><br />All Republican Senators have now joined to cosponsor the bill to repeal ObamaCare™, S.192<br /><br />ObamaCare™ complain form: [] <-please write legibly.Teresitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05528002521904908827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-6894287090579306802011-02-03T09:18:56.998-05:002011-02-03T09:18:56.998-05:00I do know that the Forest Service ignores, and wor...I do know that the Forest Service ignores, and works to circumvent, the orders of a Federal Judge.<br /><br />Until the Supremos render a decision, the band marches on.<br /><br />An interesting state of affairs, when the future policy course of the United States is decided by Anthony McLeod Kennedy, an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.desert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.com