The story begins with a Washington Examiner article posted yesterday. The article explains some of the details in the U.S. District Court decision regarding Obamacare.
The article reports:
In the suit brought by 26 states, (U.S. District Court Judge Roger) Vinson found that "Congress exceeded the bounds of its authority" by including the individual mandate and held the entire act unconstitutional "because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable" from the rest of the law."
Yesterday's Daily Caller reports that:
"Obama administration officials are vowing to continue implementation of the president's health care law "apace" despite a second ruling that the law is unconstitutional, calling the decision by Judge Robert Vinson "a plain case of judicial overreaching" well outside mainstream legal thought."
The article points out that the states represented in the case may use to ruling to avoid funding the implementation of Obamacare in their states.
Next, Guy Benson at Townhall.com is reporting that Mitch McConnell is planning to attach the repeal of Obamacare bill as an amendment to Federal Aviation legislation currently being considered in the Senate. This sets up a very interesting situation. Democrats have already introduced legislation to eliminate the 1099 small business requirement on expenditures of $600. The Democrats are hoping that if they can be seen as opposing some of the more horrible aspects of the bill, they can get away with voting against repeal. The problem for the Democrats is very simple--the majority of Americans support repeal of the bill. As Obamacare begins to take effect, there are fewer options in health insurance, the cost of some health insurance policies have risen sharply while some of the covereage has decreased. There are also new restrictions on Flexible spending accounts. The American people are beginning to see that many of the promises made to get Obamacare passed are already being broken.
I am not a lawyer, so I am not sure what happens next. However, it does seem to me that a Contempt of Court charge may not be too far away if the Obama Admininstration continues to move ahead with healthcare reform before this case is decided at the Supreme Court. We are not anywhere near a happy ending for anyone.
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