Should there be a repeal of The Affordable Health Care Act, including with its lack of the severability clause?
The recent ruling of the Florida Judge, Vinson: Would seem to say, "No!" It is widely known that Republicans are very good at saying, "Nyet," which is Communist for, "No!"
"I must reluctantly conclude that Congress exceeded the bounds of its authority in passing the act with the individual mandate. That is not to say, of course, that Congress is without power to address the problems and inequities in our health care system. The health care market is more than one-sixth of the national economy, and without doubt Congress has the power to reform and regulate this market. That has not been disputed in this case. The principal dispute has been about how Congress chose to exercise that power here," Vinson wrote.
"While the individual mandate was clearly 'necessary and essential' to the act as drafted, it is not 'necessary and essential' to health care reform in general," he continued. "Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire act must be declared void."
Congress is not without power to address what it did, but somehow the judge finds that arithmetic is not necessary and essential to heatlh care reform in general, in the context of interstate commerce(?)! The Individual Mandate is not about a product. The other invalidating judge had the same problem--in misunderstanidng what the Affordable Act is all about.
The Republicans, including at the state AG level: Are mainly only interested in making themselves look stupid. No constituent interest is being addessed, and no individual right is being usurped--in the act--or protected in repeal. The Judge recounted how he himself was rich enough to actually pay for medical care with cash. The usual interpretation of the Constitution is that more than just the individual rights of the rich are guaranteed in the U. S. Constitution.
"Crow, James Crow: Shaken, Not Stirred!"
(A false police report forced LAUSD in lockdown for sufficient hours, in fact, to force the need to use classroom wastebaskets for toilets. This important lesson from school could in fact be applied to the alleys, streets, sidewalks, and dumpster areas: Of all of Venice Beach, in California. Everyone knows that school is meant to improve the quality of life for everyone! And there. . . you. . .go! Even bums at Venice Beach, need this lesson!)
The recent ruling of the Florida Judge, Vinson: Would seem to say, "No!" It is widely known that Republicans are very good at saying, "Nyet," which is Communist for, "No!"
"I must reluctantly conclude that Congress exceeded the bounds of its authority in passing the act with the individual mandate. That is not to say, of course, that Congress is without power to address the problems and inequities in our health care system. The health care market is more than one-sixth of the national economy, and without doubt Congress has the power to reform and regulate this market. That has not been disputed in this case. The principal dispute has been about how Congress chose to exercise that power here," Vinson wrote.
"While the individual mandate was clearly 'necessary and essential' to the act as drafted, it is not 'necessary and essential' to health care reform in general," he continued. "Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire act must be declared void."
Congress is not without power to address what it did, but somehow the judge finds that arithmetic is not necessary and essential to heatlh care reform in general, in the context of interstate commerce(?)! The Individual Mandate is not about a product. The other invalidating judge had the same problem--in misunderstanidng what the Affordable Act is all about.
The Republicans, including at the state AG level: Are mainly only interested in making themselves look stupid. No constituent interest is being addessed, and no individual right is being usurped--in the act--or protected in repeal. The Judge recounted how he himself was rich enough to actually pay for medical care with cash. The usual interpretation of the Constitution is that more than just the individual rights of the rich are guaranteed in the U. S. Constitution.
"Crow, James Crow: Shaken, Not Stirred!"
(A false police report forced LAUSD in lockdown for sufficient hours, in fact, to force the need to use classroom wastebaskets for toilets. This important lesson from school could in fact be applied to the alleys, streets, sidewalks, and dumpster areas: Of all of Venice Beach, in California. Everyone knows that school is meant to improve the quality of life for everyone! And there. . . you. . .go! Even bums at Venice Beach, need this lesson!)