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Six Biggest Legal Challenges Facing ObamaCare
« on: February 13, 2014, 03:25:41 PM »
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Six Biggest Legal Challenges Facing ObamaCare

Around one hundred lawsuits challenging the president’s signature policy achievement are currently making their way through the courts.

Some of these lawsuits challenge very specific parts of the law, while others are challenging the law in its entirety. Here is a list of the six major legal challenges to the law.

1. Legal Taking of Private Property

Hotze v. Sebelius challenges the constitutionality of the employer mandate. The Fifth Amendment prohibits the government from taking private property for public use without “just compensation.” Steve Hotze, a doctor in Texas, is arguing that Obamacare violates this “takings clause” by mandating that his business give money to another business, specifically an insurance company, without any compensation.

Hotze filed his lawsuit in May. If the suit were successful, the employer mandate—which requires businesses with over 50 full-time employees to provide affordable insurance to their employees—would be struck down.

A district court in Texas ruled against Hotze on January 10 by calling the Obamacare business mandate a tax and not a “taking” under the Fifth Amendment. The judge based her decision on the Supreme Court’s ruling in 2012, which characterized the individual mandate as a tax. Hotze is appealing the ruling.

2. Origination Clause
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Re: Six Biggest Legal Challenges Facing ObamaCare
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2014, 03:29:48 PM »
The smartest human on the planet, and the nation's 2nd black president, didn't think this through very well.
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Re: Six Biggest Legal Challenges Facing ObamaCare
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2014, 05:15:28 PM »
Origination is moot as the Senate gutted a house bill
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Re: Six Biggest Legal Challenges Facing ObamaCare
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2014, 07:18:12 PM »
Origination is moot as the Senate gutted a house bill

IIRC , the title and number of the bill was kept, which by definition means it originated in the house.

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Re: Six Biggest Legal Challenges Facing ObamaCare
« Reply #4 on: February 13, 2014, 10:50:46 PM »
IIRC , the title and number of the bill was kept, which by definition means it originated in the house.
So, if I cut the serial number out of a $100 bill, then that's all I need.....right? That way I can smuggle umpteen millions out of the country in my wallet.....right?
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Re: Six Biggest Legal Challenges Facing ObamaCare
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2014, 11:04:56 PM »
So, if I cut the serial number out of a $100 bill, then that's all I need.....right? That way I can smuggle umpteen millions out of the country in my wallet.....right?

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