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Political Extremism

Lonecowboy

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Virginia's top-ranking attorney warned Monday that the federal government will be able to order Americans to "buy anything" if the state's lawsuit against the health care overhaul goes down, after a federal judge in Richmond heard arguments in the landmark case.

U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson said he will rule by the end of the year on the constitutionality of the Obama administration's health care law. The case is proceeding separately from one in Florida, where a federal judge last week allowed a multistate challenge to go forward.

The Virginia challenge is led by state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who claims Congress lacks the constitutional authority to require Americans to buy health insurance or pay a penalty. He described the so-called individual mandate as "unprecedented" and warned Monday that personal "liberty" is on the line as the judge considers the case.

"If Virginia loses this fight and the federal government is allowed to cross this line, Congress will be granted virtually an unlimited power to order you to buy anything," he said. "That's not rhetoric. That's reality of the circumstances of this case."

Invoking Revolutionary War-era struggles, Cuccinelli suggested that not even the British would have attempted to force Americans to buy a product. His argument is that the federal government is attempting to "stretch" the definition of the Constitution's Commerce Clause in order to "regulate inactivity." In other words, the government wants to force Americans to buy a product and then fine those who don't buy that product -- a scenario Cuccinelli described as "non-commerce."


Attorneys for the state and the Justice Department disagreed during a 2 1/2-hour hearing on whether the law is constitutional under the Commerce Clause. The Obama administration argues that it has the authority to mandate the purchase of insurance, because those who refuse to buy it are making an economic decision that ends up costing taxpayers if and when they use publicly funded health care.

Supporters of the law warn that the legal challenge could upend a vital network of health benefits -- one which restricts insurance companies from dropping sick patients and denying coverage to children with pre-existing conditions, as well as sets up a system of government subsidies to help low-income Americans buy insurance.

Ron Pollack, director of Families USA, criticized Cuccinelli for seeking to strike the entire law over an objection to one provision.

"Today's argument by the Virginia attorney general represented political extremism and requested judicial activism run amok -- to the potential harm of families across America," Ron Pollack, director of Families USA, said in a written statement. "If he were to succeed, all the benefits of this legislation would be lost."

The case is likely to be decided before the one in Florida, where 20 states led by Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum are challenging the heath care law on similar grounds.


So now having an unconstitutional act shoved down our throats isn't political extremism--- but following the Constitution is? :???: :???: :???:

Ron Pollack, director of Families USA, criticized Cuccinelli for seeking to strike the entire law over an objection to one provision.
"Today's argument by the Virginia attorney general represented political extremism"

and then there all the new taxes (13 last count) hidden in this mega bill.
GO VIRGINIA!!!!!
 

loomixguy

Well-known member
Mr. Pollack has horse excrement running out of his ears!

Most folks know that the welfare types have far better medical care than folks with insurance or who pay their own way. On at least 4 different ccasions in 2009 when I had my mother at the hospital, welfare "queens" came into the ER with "emergencies" such as a sliver in a toe, constipation, a headache, and, in the instance of one girl aged around 12, her first menses. It pi$$ed me off no end to see the nurses and doctors fluttering all around these folks, and paying more attention to them than they did my mother, but then they were bringing more revenue into the hospital than mom was. Most folks, when faced with the afflictions these women had, would have dug the sliver out themselves (or had a family member do it), taken EX-LAX, some aspirin, and had a talk with mom or an older sister or friend.

Extremism? Abuse of the welfare and medic-aid system stinks more of extremism than not wanting Short timer's messiah ramming crap down the throats of the American public, 70% of whom don't want TWAP-Care!
 
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