Supreme Court vacates 4th Circuit Liberty University Obamacare decision and remands

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by William A. Jacobson @ » Supreme Court vacates 4th Circuit Liberty University Obamacare decision and remands - Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

SCOTUS says “You screwed up and we're getting rid of your stupid decision.” Or words to that effect.

Liberty University has been pursuing a challenge to both mandates, based on claims that they violate rights to religious freedom or to legal equality under the Constitution. The Fourth Circuit had not ruled on either of those claims, because it ruled that Liberty was barred by the Federal Anti-Injunction Act from suing to stop those mandates. That is one of the issues the Circuit Court will have to reconsider when the case is returned there. The Court cleared the way for doing so by vacating and remanding the Circuit Court’s earlier decision.

Bit-by-bit, the courts are tearing this stupid law to pieces.

 

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by William A. Jacobson @ » Supreme Court vacates 4th Circuit Liberty University Obamacare decision and remands - Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

SCOTUS says “You screwed up and we're getting rid of your stupid decision.” Or words to that effect.

Liberty University has been pursuing a challenge to both mandates, based on claims that they violate rights to religious freedom or to legal equality under the Constitution. The Fourth Circuit had not ruled on either of those claims, because it ruled that Liberty was barred by the Federal Anti-Injunction Act from suing to stop those mandates. That is one of the issues the Circuit Court will have to reconsider when the case is returned there. The Court cleared the way for doing so by vacating and remanding the Circuit Court’s earlier decision.

Bit-by-bit, the courts are tearing this stupid law to pieces.

You read far too much into this. All it did was order the case to be heard, and this was not disputed by the Justice Dept. Before you start jumping for joy, you should wait until after the case has actually gone to court.

I do agree it is a stupid law. It should be a single payer system to make any sense. But I expect it will get there yet.