White House Above The Law, Ignores Declaratory Judgement of Federal Court, Public Advocate and others say
White House Above The Law, Ignores Declaratory Judgement of
Federal Court, Public Advocate and others say
A judicial drubbing for Obamacare, Florida Judge Issues Death
Blow
Radio host Sean Hannity says "Obamacare is dead and Congress
must seak to punish Administrative staff that operate outside the
law.
Hannity and others point out " page #75 of Florida Judge
Vinson's ruling:
Declaratory judgment is, in a context such as this where
federal officers are defendants, the practical equivalent of
specific relief such as an injunction . . . since it must be
presumed that federal officers will adhere to the law as declared
by the court. [Quoting a D.C. Circuit opinion written by none other
than then-Judge Antonin Scalia]"
This means President Obama and the White House staff are
operating outside the law when they claim the Florida federal court
decision can be "ignored."
From the Examiner editorial online: In a rigorously reasoned
decision that seemed to delight in turning the government's
arguments on their head, U.S. District Court Judge Roger Vinson on
Monday struck down as unconstitutional President Obama's signature
legislative achievement, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act, aka Obamacare.
Read more at the Washington Examiner:
http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/2011/01/judicial-drubbing-obamacare#ixzz1ClD3R29o