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Obamacare Lives!!!! Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act
A shocker from the Supreme Court as the conservative court has upheld the Affordable Care Act. The individual mandate which has been railed against by Republicans for two years as constitutional.
To say that this is a surprise is an understatement. Almost all conventional wisdom thought that the individual mandate was dead. Needless to say, this is a huge victory for President Obama, and giant step in progress towards a universal healthcare system. The Court found that the individual mandate was not constitutional under the Commerce Clause, but is constitutional under the federal government’s taxation power. The Supreme Court found the middle by limiting the Commerce Clause, but determined that the mandate was a penalty that is constitutional.
The dissenters were Scalia, Thomas, Kennedy, and Alito. George W. Bush appointee and Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the liberals on the court and wrote the majority decision.
The individual mandate was saved as, “CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS concluded in Part III-B that the individual mandate must be construed as imposing a tax on those who do not have health insurance, if such a construction is reasonable.”
The majority of the court reasoned that, “The Affordable Care Act does not require that the penalty for failing to comply with the individual mandate be treated as a tax for purposes of the Anti-Injunction Act.The Anti-Injunction Act therefore does not apply to this suit, and we may proceed to the merits.”
This is breaking news. More information to follow.
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26 Responses to Obamacare Lives!!!! Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act
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Shiva (Moderator)
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 10:22 am
I am surprised at Kennedy. I am shocked at Roberts. Not sure how the dissenters could dissent because of the law. But this will help the Scalia Resign movement.
As someone with a pre-existing condition I applaud this decision. I do not heighten my opinion of the court
Shiva (Moderator)
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 10:33 am
LOL I just got my CNN text update that says the Supreme Court has struck down the individual mandate for healthcare
Hrafnkell Haraldsson
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 11:17 am
Leave it to CNN!
mijmo
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 10:25 am
Great News!!!
Barry Roope
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 10:28 am
Hey Romney, President Obama slept well last night. All your rightwing lies did not work.So when does the Republican pity party start?
Reynardine
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 10:37 am
I think Roberts may have smelled the ALEC purulence emanating from Scalia and Thomas, and didn’t care for coming down with galloping gangrene down the road. This is the second time in a week he’s said something civilized.
Kevin Shinn
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 10:58 am
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day (says the analog dinosaur).
Elizabeth
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 3:03 pm
I think he finally got worried about his legacy. The poll numbers and commentary on the court have become more and more accusatory. The status of the court has been sinking. He has previously made comments that is cares about the legacy of his court.
Paws
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 10:37 am
This is a great day for the American people.
I’m just doing the happy dance right now!
Hrafnkell Haraldsson
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 11:18 am
We should all do the nakiehappypagandanceoflove – but privately :)
Reynardine
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 10:39 am
Roberts appears to be moving center as Kennedy moves right.
Sarah Jones
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 10:45 am
Roberts is a big federalist, so this makes sense in that regard.
Johnee
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 10:56 am
Yeeeeehaaaaa!!! Boy howdy, we’re gettin’ smashed in downtown Austin tonight!!
Nancy
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 11:01 am
Morning coffee in LA, open my favorite site for good fact checked news & now I feel like celebrating!!!
Next step UHC FOR ALL!! :D
A Walkaway
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 11:04 am
For me, a huge sense of relief. This means that once I loose the coverage I have (which will probably happen as I start classes), the problems I do have will not loose coverage.
Maybe there is some hope after all for this country.
Johnee
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 11:48 am
A huge sense of relief for me as well. My son was born premature, and he has a diagnosis of “chronic lung disease” attached to his medical record because he was hooked up to a respirator for so long. If “Obamacare” was overturned, we would have lost his coverage. I am making more money this year, and we would not be eligible for CHIP OR Medicaid. Yes, a huge, huge sense of relief.
Dan
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 11:19 am
Weve been told by a right wing lose machine that this was pretty much a done deal. They are trying to do the same thing with the President. They are reporting that Obama is desperate. A loser. Out of touch. Losing money. Pounding it into our heads (yes OUR heads). Breaking our spirit one unkind lie after another. Day after day like some kind of self full filing profecy. In this case it didn’t work. I suspect with the President it isn’t going to work either. No matter how bad they say Obamas numbers are, they never compare Romneys at the same time. Why? Because they are consistently WORSE than the Presidents! Resist their propoganda. We all were duped into believing there was no way the ACA was going to pass constitutional muster. That should scare us that this is such a surprise.
TigerLily
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 11:33 am
I totally count on and appreciate PoliticUSUSA’s daily news. They keep me informed. I trust their information. It’s just too bad you can’t get RW constituents to read your newsblog. They might realize how much the GOP has used them to win an election. They might realize what liars they are and how they would LITERALLY LET YOU FALL OFF A CLIFF, let you DIE before giving you healthcare but definitely BEFORE RAISING TAXES ON THE FILTHY RICH. You would think that would say something to these people. But no. The GOP is good with their brainwashing techniques. And the GOP constituency if very dedicated to their party of NOTHING FOR YOU BUT ALL FOR ME. The GOP only knows to lie cheat and steal anything they want. They have never won anything honorably. They are men and women of no shame in that party. And the GOP women should be ashamed of themselves for not standing up and trying to defend the women of this country and instead preaching what the GOP boys tell them. They are a shameful party and anyone associated with that party should be ashamed of themselves for supporting their LYING & HATEFUL agenda. It’s cruel, greedy, mean spirited, and they are too defensive and supportive of CORPORATIONS—instead fighting for the average AMERICAN they fight and protect THE 1% CORPORATIONS. You cannot even justify what they have been doing since this African American President entered the WH. The obstruction, the twisted lies for every any attempt at passing legislation for jobs, infrastructure, anything good for this country. We need it. We should all be outraged that you have sufferedunecessarily all because of the GOP’s level of hate for this President so much so they would DESTROY JOBS, NOT PASS JOBS BILLS all so Obama could look bad and you could hate him like they do. But in the meantime? You suffered for their self serving spoiled rotten greedy men who work for the the very corporations that will DICTATE YOUR VERY WAY OF LIFE. And heaven forbid Obama do anything for the people. THE GOP DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. NOR DO THEY CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO THE AMERICA PEOPLE OR THEIR CHILDREN. They just want to be sure the 1% get more and more tax breaks. How far can we go with this? This is why they have tried to destroy this heath care plan with lies. Because it WILL BENEFIT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS! We should all be filing lawsuits against the GOP for their failure to do their jobs. For destroying our very lives. They should all be fired. They are a disgrace and have made America a disgrace. Ruining our credit standing. How awful can a party be to their people and coutnry? JUST LOOK AT THE GOP AND YOU WILL SEE HOW AWFUL THEY CAN BE WITH YOUR LIFE AND HOW LITTLE THEY CARE ABOUT YOU AS A HUMAN BEING IN AMERICA. THEY make that clear every single day. Wake up and be honest with yourself. RW constituents. Even if you hate Obama would you really vote GOP and lose anything and everything you have left? Because they want that too for the 1%. Look at what you are voting for. THINK REAL HARD FOR YOUR KIDS THAT THE GOP DOES NOT GIVE A DAM ABOUT. Especially for their education. Thank you for your honesty and integrity PoliticUSUSA. Always.
Kathy
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 11:58 am
I was at the gym watching the decision on 6 different TVs at the front of the room. They all had messed up intel – it passed, it didn’t pass, the vote was 6-3, no wait, 5-4. My question is, since existing Medicaid funds cannot be withheld from states who do not want to institute the program…..can states just not get on board and keep the status quo? (Myself, it affects me not at all, I’m from Massachusetts – although the bit about pre-existing conditions was welcome.)
Elizabeth
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 3:11 pm
I can only tell you, the State of Washington is on board and ready to roll, thank goodness. I have some family members who will now benefit from Medicaid.
Conservative Heart
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 12:23 pm
What a f*cking communist move! What an absolute farce!
Who the hell do the Supreme Court think they are some kind of ultimate decision-making body on what laws are constitutional? Bunch of joke-ass dumb asses!
Who needs health care? Who wants health care?
Not me!!
I don’t want to be anywhere near being remotely healthy or have any access to straight teeth. I would prefer to be dicked around by poor health coverage and be at the total mercy of wealthy insurance companies who wish to jack costs by 10-25% every year. Further, it is my natural, God-given, patriotic American right to develop an unfortunate pre-existing condition and to not be able to get ANY health coverage for the rest of my sad, pathetic existence.
But God damn it, that’s what being MURCAN is all about! Freedom! I want to protect my precious freedom to die from lack of access to health care! I want to protect my freedom to a protracted, whizzing cough! I want to protect my freedom to be obese! I want to protect my to live with a heart murmur and not get any treatment while protecting my freedom to let Dick Cheney get all the heart ailment treatments he wants! I want to protect my freedom to tell dumb ass women what kind of health care they should have.
Most importantly, I want to protect my freedom to not be ruled the the tyranny of government health care–keep your damn governemnt hands off my medicare! I want the freedom to tell government death panels to fuck off because I’d rather have my life and death decisions made for me by stressed out insurance claims adjustors working for greedy health care companies.
I want to protect my freedom to the America I know and love–the land of the sick and the home of the flayed!
SinghX
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 2:52 pm
You left out Jeessus and you left out the part about praying away any and all disease…I’ll forgive you this time, Con Heart, but I shall judge you harshly if you forget the next time!
Elizabeth
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 3:13 pm
SO THERE!
truthisfreedom
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 12:29 pm
As an uninsured lower income Latino. This is horrible as bomb a trash was sold as not being a tax they argued it was a tax. Obama is a Marxist liar manipulating people and the system. Bomb a trash is water with cyanide that the wise will not drink. Many people are so gullible.. wrap evil in a pretty wrapper say it’s free and the unlearned rejoice. Obama is evil and misleading multitudes.
TS
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 2:48 pm
Oh, boy. I *really* hope this is satire.
SinghX
Jun. 28th, 2012 at 2:54 pm
The commenter left out Jeessus, just like Con Heart…