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Legal challenges to unfunded mandate of ObamaKare advanced now by 20individual states
Legal challenges to unfunded mandate of ObamaKare advanced now by 20
individual states http://preview.tinyurl.com/z135a10 Fri May 14, 2010 02:16 PM Excerpts: "...a bipartisan multi-state coalition – now including 20 states – today took the next step to advance their challenge to the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Act”). An amended complaint filed in federal district court reflects the addition of seven more states to the original 13 state coalition: Indiana, North Dakota, Mississippi, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, and Alaska.... ....Court documents filed by the states explain that the Act infringes upon state sovereignty in violation of the Tenth Amendment and Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution. As the amended legal challenge explains, the new law – which will cost Texas taxpayers an estimated $27 billion over a 10-year period – improperly forces states to spend billions of additional dollars on taxpayer-funded social programs the states cannot afford; unconstitutionally requires state agencies to carry out initiatives for the federal government; improperly commandeers state resources to implement federal regulatory prerogatives; and interferes with the states’ abilities to govern their relationships with their own state employees “The new federal health care law violates the U.S. Constitution and unconstitutionally infringes upon Texans’ individual liberties,” Attorney General Abbott said. “Our nation’s founding fathers had the wisdom to limit the federal government’s authority by specifically enumerating the powers given to Congress – and Congress does not have the authority to force individuals to buy a service from a private insurance company as a condition of being a law-abiding American.” Amended lawsuit filed by 20 state attorneys general... The 20-state coalition, which includes Texas, Florida, South Carolina, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Washington, Colorado, Michigan, Utah, Alabama, South Dakota, Idaho, Indiana, North Dakota, Mississippi, Nevada, Arizona, Georgia and Alaska, filed its amended complaint in the Federal District Court in the Northern District of Florida. The original complaint, which was filed shortly after President Barack Obama signed the bill into law, names the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Treasury and Labor as defendants because those federal agencies are charged with implementing the Act’s constitutionally impermissible provisions......." http://preview.tinyurl.com/z135b10 Related headline elsewhe OPINION: POTOMAC WATCHMAY 14, 2010 The Democrats' Civil War The Democratic primaries are generating nominees who are embracing, or even going beyond, the president's unpopular agenda "...This lurch toward liberal priorities coincides with polls showing that the electorate— particularly independents—has shifted significantly to the right since Mr. Obama took office. While some Republican primaries are proving bloody, most are turning out candidates largely in tune with today's public frustration with Washington. The Democratic primaries, by contrast, are generating nominees who are embracing, or even going beyond, the president's unpopular agenda. This is the feud that may have the bigger consequences for this fall's midterms...." source: http://preview.tinyurl.com/z135c10 |
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