Overturning ObamaCare in the Supreme Court will not be a Slam Dunk

Abortion Advocates Bemoan Repeal Vote, Abortion De-Funding
The head one of the leading Abortion Advocacy Groups is already complaining about House Republicans and the vote they scheduled for next week to overturn abortion-funding ObamaCare. NARAL president Nancy Keenan doesn’t like that effort and is upset that GOP lawmakers will follow that vote with one on Legislation to ensure the ObamaCare law does not allow for any funding of abortions with Taxpayer money. “In addition to next week’s vote to Repeal the health-reform law, Boehner a...

Pam Bondi, Attorney General of Florida, to Continue Multi-State Challenge to ObamaCare
At WSJ, "The States Versus ObamaCare": This week begins the inauguration and swearing-in ceremonies for newly elected officials all over the country. One thing many of us have in common is that the voters rewarded us for our outspoken opposition to ObamaCare. The electorate's decisive rejection of the Obama Administration's policies reveals a pervasive concern over the Federal Government's disregard of fundamental aspects of our nation's Constitution. No Legislation in our history alters the b...

The constitutionally suspect Obamacare law
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Pam Bondi: This week begins the inauguration and swearing-in ceremonies for newly elected officials all over the country. One thing many of us have in common is that the voters rewarded us for our outspoken opposition to ObamaCare. The electorate's decisive rejection of the Obama Administration's policies reveals a pervasive concern over the Federal Government's disregard of fundamental aspects of our nation's Constitution. No Legislation in our history alter...

CNN's Spitzer: Mitt Romney is 'Very Conservative'?
CNN's Eliot Spitzer on Monday's Parker-Spitzer bizarrely labeled former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney "very conservative" on Monday's Parker-Spitzer as he cited the prominent Republican's support for Legislation similar to ObamaCare: "I think it was interesting...that Governor Romney, a very conservative Republican , embraced the notion of the Individual Mandate as a governor" (audio available here). Spitzer and co-host Kathleen Parker brought on Congress...

CNN's Spitzer: Mitt Romney is 'Very Conservative'?
CNN's Eliot Spitzer on Monday's Parker-Spitzer bizarrely labeled former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney "very conservative" on Monday's Parker-Spitzer as he cited the prominent Republican's support for Legislation similar to ObamaCare: "I think it was interesting...that Governor Romney, a very conservative Republican , embraced the notion of the Individual Mandate as a governor" (audio available here). Spitzer and co-host Kathleen Parker brought on Congress...

Justice Scalia Teaches Seminars on Constitution to Congress
At the invitation of Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn), Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will hold a seminar on the tenants of the Constitution for the House of Representatives. The seminar on January 12th will be held one hour before the House vote to Repeal ObamaCare. Some reports indicate seminars will be held bi-monthly, and others say there will be weekly meetings. In the video below, Bachmann says those interested in the Constitution will meet once a week to study it, the Declaration of I...

Ending ObamaCare
Posted by Tait Trussell on Jan 5th, 2011 and filed under FrontPage. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. The knives—and scalpels—are out to cut ObamaCare to ribbons or administer beneficial Plastic Surgery. Here are developments that can accomplish a coup d’etat or probably bring more rational Health Care to America. Even with 87 new Republicans joining the new House of Re...

It Helps to See Your Thoughts in Black and White
From American Spectator Follow the Rule of Law The 2010 Midterm Elections represent a resounding Referendum on the Obama Administration. Voters turned out to repudiate policies with which they disagreed. At the forefront of voter displeasure were the new administration’s massive spending and the ever-burgeoning National Debt. However, many voters also expressed concern that the Obama Administration was taking actions that were at odds with fundamental principles of law. The coming year r...

Limited Powers
Regarding “ObamaCare and the General Welfare Clause” (op-ed, Dec. 27) by Randy E. Barnett and David G. Oedel: The wonder is that this key statement could need any help considering that 221 years ago James Madison clearly identified some common misunderstandings of the general welfare clause and explained what the Founders meant, clearly, thoughtfully, and I’m sure he felt finally, when in Federalist Number 41 he wrote: “Some . . . have grounded a very fierce attack agains...

9th Circuit Court Punts Prop 8 To State Supreme Court On Standing
TM NOTE: This post has been front-paged from “In the News,” which was originally posted at 2:55 pm today. Joyce will begin a weekly posting this Saturday entitled “Queer Talk.” As you’ll see in the comment section, she took part in a Q&A by Adam Bink’s “Courage Campaign,” with updates added there. Via JoeMyGod, news that the court decision on California’s Prop 8 has been punted, and sent to the California State Supreme Court. Another one ...

Calif. Supreme Court approves warrantless data seizures by police
Source: The Raw Story If you're arrested in California, data stored on your Mobile Phone, tablet or other portable computing devices could be seized by police without so much as a search warrant. That's thanks to a recent decision by the state's highest court, which declared on Monday that any and all expectations of Privacy are lost once a defendant is in state custody. By a vote of 5-2, the court said police may "rummage at leisure through the wealth of personal and business information that c...

Calif. Supreme Court approves warrantless data seizures by police
If you're arrested in California, data stored on your Mobile Phone, tablet or other portable computing devices could be seized by police without so much as a search warrant. That's thanks to a recent decision by the state's highest court, which declared on Monday that any and all expectations of Privacy are lost once a defendant is in state custody. By a vote of 5-2, the court said police may "rummage at leisure through the wealth of personal and business information that can be carried on a mob...

Another Day, Another Death Panel Smear
This column is a collaboration between KHN and The New Republic. I respect honest disagreements about policy. You think Health Care reform is a bad idea? That it will run up the Deficit or make it harder to find a doctor? I think you're wrong, but that's a reasonable debate and I'm happy to have it, just as long as you're truthful about what you are arguing and make some good faith effort to learn the facts. Often, though, the noisiest voices in the Health Care reform debate don't do those thin...

Obamacare: A Straw House Built On A Weak Foundation
Over at Basil & Spice, Jeffrey B. English, M.D., a Board Certified Neurologist with sub-specialty training in Clinical Neurophysiology, uses the "Three Little Pigs" as an anology to make his point that ObamaCare is a straw house, but unlike the little pig that at least bothered to build his straw house on solid ground ... ObamaCare neglects existing social and scientific facts that lead us to understand that its straw house is built on shaky ground and will fall. Here's an excerpt to pique your ...

Cross In Calif. Public Park Found Unconstitutional
A war Memorial Cross in a San Diego public park is Unconstitutional because it conveys a message of government Endorsement of religion, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a two-decade-old case. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued the unanimous decision in the dispute over the 29-foot cross, which was dedicated in 1954 in honor of Korean War Veterans. The court said modifications could be made to make it constitutional, but it didn't specify what those change...

BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Court Sends Prop 8 To State Supreme Court On "Standing"
Here's the ruling. Analysis and reactions shortly. Labels: California, Ninth Circuit Court., Proposition 8 New! Share this on Facebook: Share ...

White House Reverses on End of Life Care
The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON — The Obama Administration, reversing course, will revise a Medicare Regulation to delete references to end-of-life planning as part of the annual physical examinations covered under the new Health Care law, administration officials said Tuesday. The move is an abrupt shift, coming just days after the new policy took effect on Jan. 1. Many doctors and providers of hospice care had praised the regulation, which listed “advance care planning” as one o

White House Reveses on End of Life Care
The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON — The Obama Administration, reversing course, will revise a Medicare Regulation to delete references to end-of-life planning as part of the annual physical examinations covered under the new Health Care law, administration officials said Tuesday. The move is an abrupt shift, coming just days after the new policy took effect on Jan. 1. Many doctors and providers of hospice care had praised the regulation, which listed “advance care planning” as one o

Sean Hannity interviews Governor Christie
New Jersey's Governor Christie was interviewed on Monday, January 3rd, by Sean Hannity on the Sean Hannity radio program. Much ground was covered. Governor Christie argued that New Jersey performed better than neighboring New York and Philadelphia during the recent blizzard. There is much supporting evidence for the Governor's claim including reports of deliberate job actions in New York City adversely affecting many people. Christie pointed out that while in Florida he was in constant contact w...

California Supreme Court Neuters The Fourth Amendment
California’s Supreme Court has ruled that police may search cell phones of suspected criminals without a warrant. The court’s decision allows police to listen to recorded messages and read texts on the cell phones of people under arrest. The ruling handed down by California’s top court involves the 2007 arrest of Gregory Diaz, who purchased drugs from a police informant. Investigators later looked through Diaz’s phone and found Text Messages that implicated him in a drug ...

Breaking Prop 8 news: federal case punted by 9th circuit back to California Supreme Court
There's a lot of legalese to read through, but the short answer is that the Federal Court (9th circuit) is handing the case back to the California Supreme Court to determine whether the Protect Marriage crowd has standing to appeal. The brief: Calitics has a quick analysis up: A further reading of the document issued minutes ago by the 9th Circuit indicates that the court is ready to rule that Prop 8 proponents DO have standing to appeal. In turn, that would enable the 9th Circuit to decide ...

Battle over money to manage Wyatt jail in R.I. Supreme Court
The governing board of the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility, above, contends that it does not owe $182,833 to Avcorr Management. PROVIDENCE — The firm that formerly managed the troubled Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility contends that the jail’s governing board owes it nearly $183,000. The Legal Battle over the money, dating to last spring, has wound its way through Superior Court and has now landed in the state Supreme Court. Last month, the High Court issued a stay that gives the...

Prop. 8 gay marriage case takes detour to California Supreme Court
Do Gay Couples have a Constitutional Right to marry? A US appeals court withholds judgment, instead asking California's Supreme Court to resolve whether Prop. 8 backers have legal standing to defend the Gay Marriage ban....

Prop 8: Back to the California Supreme Court
The fate of Prop 8 has moved through the federal legal system with relative speed --- until now. A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is kicking a dicey and important procedural question --- whether propopents of the California ban on same-sex marriage actually have standing to appeal --- to the state Supreme Court. They argue that it is better left to that court to provide clarity on a matter of state Constitutional Law. Last month, during oral arguments, they r...

Silly Women.You have no rights protecting you from discriminationaccording to a SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
The equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not protect against Discrimination on the basis of gender or Sexual Orientation, according to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. In 1868, when the 39th Congress was debating and ultimately proposing the 14th Amendment, I don’t think anybody would have thought that equal protection applied to sex discrimination, or certainly not to sexual orientation. So does that mean that we’ve gone off in error by ap...