Court Of Appeals Throws Out ObamaCare Subsidies On Federal Exchange

Consider this a place holder until Gabe comes along to do a happy dance and break it all down.

D.C. Cir. decides #Halbig; "ACA unambiguously restricts ... subsidy to insurance purchased on [State] Exchanges.”: http://t.co/vXwo0agp54.
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) July 22, 2014

(Background on the case here)

So basically anyone who gets their ObamaCare on the federal exchange, which is a lot if not most, can't get subsidies. This would be a death blow to ObamaCare.

This will no doubt be appealed either to the full Court of Appeals, which Obama has packed with his appointees or directly to the Supreme Court.

Either way, John Roberts just threw up in his mouth a little bit.

Basically what happened here is the law says subsidies can only be paid to policies written on state exchanges. Obama then rewrote the law to include the federal exchange because...he wanted to.

This became a big deal when the states didn't create exchanges or they imploded due to poor implementation and more people were forced on to the federal exchange than anticipated.

Liberals maintain the omission of subsidies on the federal exchange was simply a drafting error. Opponents maintained it was a deliberate choice in order to provide incentives for states to create their own exchanges. Either way, the appeals court ruled today that law says what it says (subsidies for state exchanges only) and not what Obama's IRS says it says.

Added: Administration will go for the en banc review before the stacked full court.

Obama Adm official on Halbig: "The Department of Justice can, and will, seek en banc review by the full D.C. Circuit"
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) July 22, 2014

Posted by: DrewM. at 10:23 AM

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1 first!

Posted by: rockysan at July 22, 2014 10:25 AM (MLzEj)

2 "This will no doubt be appealed either to the full Court of Appeals, which Obama has packed with his appointees or directly to the Supreme Court."

So basically, we are still screwed.

Posted by: MikeInBA at July 22, 2014 10:25 AM (Q9Fr6)

3 Meh, Obama's cronies will take care of it. Besides. Look how they react to a SCOTUS ruling on 0care. Laws. Pffft for the little people.

Posted by: Minnfidel at July 22, 2014 10:25 AM (/KiIU)

4 It's not a subsidy, it's a tax refund.

Posted by: John Roberts at July 22, 2014 10:26 AM (nFdGS)

5 Happy news!

Posted by: elrobalo at July 22, 2014 10:26 AM (wH5Tk)

6 This is a big f'in deal!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX (@Teresa_Koch) at July 22, 2014 10:26 AM (PZ6/M)

7 Flaming Skull? Damn right!

Posted by: WisRich at July 22, 2014 10:28 AM (hdpay)

8 Ahahahahaha. Gee, judges who actually read the law. How often does that happen?

Posted by: huerfano at July 22, 2014 10:28 AM (bAGA/)

9 Cue the nonsensical "why aren't state exchanges people like corporations are people" outrage any moment now.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at July 22, 2014 10:28 AM (kqGWM)

10 It's not the death blow, but drip, drip, drip. . . is what I'm hoping for. Keep chipping away at the monstrosity until it falls over and is scrapped.

Posted by: Biblio at July 22, 2014 10:28 AM (kQUFE)

11 GREAT. So that means I, THE US TAXPAYER, is not on the hook for this. piece by piece, inch by inch, we might, "might" , be able to destroy fredocare

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2014 10:28 AM (M0mf2)

12
Eh....its a tax.

Posted by: Dread Butt Pirate John Roberts at July 22, 2014 10:29 AM (cbUUP)

13 Premiums to sky rocket

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2014 10:29 AM (M0mf2)

14 Bad news for Zero is good news for America.

Posted by: maddogg at July 22, 2014 10:29 AM (xWW96)

15 Next some Court will actually rule that our Borders should be patrolled and not wide open. Imagine that

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2014 10:30 AM (M0mf2)

16 ahhhhh! hahahahaha!

(breath)

Hahahahahaha!

(finger to Obama)
Hahahahaha!

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 10:30 AM (x3YFz)

17 Either way, John Roberts just threw up in his mouth a little bit.

I doubt he cares. This will go back to him and he can declare it a tax or a vegetable or whatever will keep the pictures from going to print.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at July 22, 2014 10:30 AM (Xj5nw)

18 IT'S A TRAP!

Posted by: Admiral Akbar at July 22, 2014 10:30 AM (32Ze2)

19 Since when is a Judge's opinion of what the law says worth anything?

Posted by: M. Schmuck at July 22, 2014 10:30 AM (ooZ/L)

20 What does this mean for people like me who got screwed and lost their coverage, had to join a Christian co-op (really just a catastrophic plan but legal) and pay through the butt hole out of pocket for everything?

Posted by: Seems legit at July 22, 2014 10:30 AM (A98Xu)

21 Appeals can always derail this, but it just proves this incompetent law needs to be expunged completely.

Trillions wasted, of course, but that's the cost of incompetence.

Posted by: --- at July 22, 2014 10:31 AM (MMC8r)

22 As posted on the other thread - since when does the dog-eating crackhead give a shit what any judge says?
EO, here we come!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 22, 2014 10:31 AM (zF6Iw)

23 Damn.

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at July 22, 2014 10:31 AM (knfPD)

24 Ahahahahaha. Gee, judges who actually read the law. How often does that happen?

Posted by: huerfano at July 22, 2014 10:28 AM (bAGA/)

shhhh

Don't jinx it.

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 10:31 AM (x3YFz)

25
I'm hoping/praying for a moment where so many things in it are unconstitutional that it's repealed as being entirely unconstitutional, which it is, but for whatever reason(s) -- all of which have been thoroughly hashed out here -- it just couldn't quite be scrapped in its entirety. I'll take the slow way if that's what's required. As long as it falls.

Posted by: Biblio at July 22, 2014 10:31 AM (kQUFE)

26 I was adopted from me homeland of Brazil, don'tcha know, me boyo. Nuttin' fishy about it, sairtainly nuttin' to be held over me Da's head.

Posted by: Seamu Ryan O'Leary McManus Roberts at July 22, 2014 10:32 AM (vgIRn)

27 Happy, but Repubs will "fix" this before it goes to the Supreme Court.

Posted by: Boone at July 22, 2014 10:32 AM (yhYBc)

28 We need some interviews with some of those smarmy "Thanks to Obamacare, I got covered for only $7 a month out of pocket!" scrunts after they get the adjusted bill for their unsubsidized premium.

Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at July 22, 2014 10:33 AM (ZKzrr)

29
ACA unambiguously restricts... subsidy to insurance purchased on [State] Exchanges.

Oh, sure. Interpret the actual language of the statute.

Presidential Whim wants the feds to pay the subsidies. Isn't that enough for you racists?

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at July 22, 2014 10:33 AM (JtwS4)

30 Hard drives are crashing at the IRS as we speak.

Posted by: dfbaskwill at July 22, 2014 10:33 AM (zllbf)

31 And Obama packing the Appeals Court with hard left liberal fascists is yet another reason why it really does make a difference whether the President is Republican or Democrat. Nobody pays attention to judicial nominations below SCOTUS, Presidents almost always get their way there.

The people who always scream "what difference does it make" when it comes to the two parties almost always totally ignore judicial nominees.

Or they cherry pick. A Repub who appoints 10 liberals among 100 appointments is far better than a Democrat who appoints 98 hard left liberals among 100 appointments. But people who enjoy freaking out always want to ignore that and claim there's no difference. None so blind as those who will not see.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 10:33 AM (ZPrif)

32 I'm tempering my elation for now. This is far from being a done deal, but at least sanity prevailed in the short term.

HOPE CHANGE

Posted by: Hank at July 22, 2014 10:34 AM (jYWac)

33 Next manufactured Congressional vote crisis will involve Reid demanding a fix. And Boehner will cave.

Posted by: buzzion at July 22, 2014 10:34 AM (zt+N6)

34 We need some interviews with some of those smarmy
"Thanks to Obamacare, I got covered for only $7 a month out of pocket!"
scrunts after they get the adjusted bill for their unsubsidized premium.

Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at July 22, 2014 10:33 AM (ZKzrr)

The equivalent of Black society suddenly outraged over immigration because the free shit isn't going to them anymore?

eh... fuck 'em.

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 10:34 AM (x3YFz)

35 If John Roberts entire purpose is to have virtually any legal or political authority in the country other than the Supreme Court come up with any sort of final disposition of ObamacCare, then quite frankly, I do get it, and I would support that. It remains a theory, and only John Roberts or his shrink knows, but I realy get that he might be desperately trying to avoid a Roe v. Wade of the left, where the entire left gets to build a thirty year movement wrapped around "evil conservative Supremes denying us our health care and unicorns that we are entitled to".

'Cause you know that is what it would be the deal... for decades... if the Supremes killed ObamaCare. You know that. ANd if you don't.... you should.

Posted by: Andrew X at July 22, 2014 10:34 AM (r/Dlx)

36 "Either way, John Roberts just threw up in his mouth a little bit."

Didn't he uphold campaign finance (McCain-Feingold) law for a while and then basically overturn the law later (Citizen's United)?

This will be like that.

Posted by: zmdavid at July 22, 2014 10:34 AM (nKwVy)

37 If Obama ties a fix of this to a debt ceiling hike, the GOP will cave. Because the GOP sucks.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at July 22, 2014 10:34 AM (Xj5nw)

38
Oh, and GIRD YOUR LOINS, the libs are going to run with this like a crack whore after a $20 bill. The screeching alone will render you deaf, so remember to wear your safety gear when you turn on the TV.

Posted by: Biblio at July 22, 2014 10:34 AM (kQUFE)

39 Appeals can always derail this, but it just proves this incompetent law needs to be expunged completely.

This was the DC Court of Appeals. Next stop the Supremes

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2014 10:34 AM (M0mf2)

40
If only there was a viable conservative political party, they could really make some hay in the fall elections.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 22, 2014 10:34 AM (cbUUP)

41
Sorry but I must go OT

To say goodnight....and have a wonderful yesterday everyone!

Posted by: aussie at July 22, 2014 10:35 AM (EGwwB)

42 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA

HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Four Corners Doctrine, TFG, ever fucking heard of it??

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 22, 2014 10:35 AM (da5Wo)

43 Roberts adopted his children in a fishy manner. That's what they are holding over his head. There may be pictures too. He's a f'ing jackass.

Posted by: Seems legit at July 22, 2014 10:35 AM (A98Xu)

44 The Left will be digging up those "5 White Guys" who voted for Roe any day now. Those 5 guys were somehow OK.

Posted by: dfbaskwill at July 22, 2014 10:35 AM (zllbf)

45 Remember how they paid off a judge to ignore bankruptcy law for the GM deal? Soon...

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at July 22, 2014 10:35 AM (jtgkZ)

46
This was the DC Court of Appeals. Next stop the Supremes

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2014 10:34 AM (M0mf2)

And shouldn't Kegel recuse herself? (spelling intentional)

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 10:36 AM (x3YFz)

47 Do I still get my pills. I was promised pills.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 22, 2014 10:36 AM (zllbf)

48 Well we'll just see about that!

Posted by: Justice Roberts at July 22, 2014 10:37 AM (oFCZn)

49 No, this was just the DC Circuit. One more hurdle, Appeals, before the Supremes.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 10:37 AM (ZPrif)

50 To say goodnight....and have a wonderful yesterday everyone!

Posted by: aussie at July 22, 2014 10:35 AM (EGwwB)

'night aussie. Don't get Panda'd!

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 10:37 AM (x3YFz)

51 'Cause you know that is what it would be the deal... for decades... if the Supremes killed ObamaCare. You know that. ANd if you don't.... you should.

Who cares? It would be dead, and Roe v Wade ain't going anywhereany time soon. You ain't getting an amendment to have ObamaCare.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at July 22, 2014 10:38 AM (Xj5nw)

52 No, this was just the DC Circuit. One more hurdle, Appeals, before the Supremes.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 10:37 AM (ZPrif)

OK, what the fuck do I know. I am just a Dentist. Now open wide

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2014 10:38 AM (M0mf2)

53 49 No, this was just the DC Circuit. One more hurdle, Appeals, before the Supremes.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 10:37 AM (ZPrif)

Ace used 'appeals' in the headline but the tweet says 'cir'?

Posted by: Tami at July 22, 2014 10:38 AM (v0/PR)

54 #TheBearLost

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 22, 2014 10:38 AM (NMKlM)

55 Wait, now I'm confused. Does this go to SCOTUS next?

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 10:38 AM (ZPrif)

56 This was one of many reasons that I did not sign up for ObamaCide in SC. While I would be "entitled" to a generous subsidy, I saw that it could go poof.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 22, 2014 10:38 AM (V70Uh)

57 As I have tried to explain to creditors hounding me?

"I don't have the money for it. I am starving as it is. You can't get blood from a turnip...."

Posted by: backhoe at July 22, 2014 10:38 AM (ULH4o)

58 This will no doubt be appealed either to the full Court of Appeals, which Obama has packed with his appointees or directly to the Supreme Court.

Why it's almost as if the system is a giant game designed to maximize attorney fees.

Posted by: Waterhouse at July 22, 2014 10:38 AM (dQoSM)

59 #TheBear'sBowelsAreLoose

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 22, 2014 10:38 AM (da5Wo)

60 Yes!!!

For the past few weeks Mark Levin has said he's got a big announcement. Last night he said it's some legal work by his team & he expects it will make us happy Mark is going to announce it during Thursday's show.

I'm sure it's something to do with the SCOAMF.

Posted by: Carol at July 22, 2014 10:39 AM (gjOCp)

61 It's the law, stupid.

Posted by: Roy at July 22, 2014 10:39 AM (VndSC)

62 Either way, John Roberts just threw up in his mouth a little bit

Good. Allow me to contribute my spew.

Posted by: Citizen X at July 22, 2014 10:39 AM (7ObY1)

63 Oh sorry...it was DrewM.

Posted by: Tami at July 22, 2014 10:39 AM (v0/PR)

64 (yes, I know pandas live in china, and koalas drop from trees and eat your face, it's an inside my head joke that was too inside my head)

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 10:39 AM (x3YFz)

65 Wiki gods -- not helping my confusion
---
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (in case citations, D.C. Cir.) known informally as the D.C. Circuit, is the federal appellate court for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Appeals from the D.C. Circuit, as with all the U.S. Courts of Appeals, are heard on a discretionary basis by the Supreme Court. It should not be confused with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which is limited in jurisdiction by subject matter rather than geography, or with the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, which is roughly equivalent to a state supreme court in the District of Columbia, established in 1970 to relieve the D.C. Circuit from having to take appeals from the local D.C. trial court.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 10:39 AM (ZPrif)

66 No, this was just the DC Circuit. One more hurdle, Appeals, before the Supremes.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 10:37 AM (ZPrif)

OK what I just read that it was the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, but only 3 Judges (2-1) and now it goes to the "Full" Court. But still the same DC Circuit Court of Appeals, just the full court

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2014 10:40 AM (M0mf2)

67 Posted by: Waterhouse at July 22, 2014 10:38 AM (dQoSM)

You should ask Amish Dude....he's a lawyer.....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 22, 2014 10:40 AM (QFxY5)

68 A Repub who appoints 10 97 liberals among 100 appointments is far better
than a Democrat who appoints 98 hard left liberals among 100
appointments?

FIFY

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 22, 2014 10:40 AM (cbUUP)

69 OK, what the fuck do I know. I am just a Dentist. Now open wide

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2014 10:38 AM (M0mf2)

be the /crazylook dentist!

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 10:41 AM (x3YFz)

70 So the Court of Appeals for DC is informally called the DC Circuit? That's helpfully confusing.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 10:41 AM (ZPrif)

71 So? Halbig was it?

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 22, 2014 10:41 AM (V70Uh)

72 You should ask Amish Dude....he's a lawyer.....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 22, 2014 10:40 AM (QFxY5)

You misspelled "jackass".

So how goes the antisemitism?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 22, 2014 10:41 AM (da5Wo)

73 The death blow or at least uprising will only start when the employer mandate kicks in partially in 2015 and full force in 2016.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at July 22, 2014 10:42 AM (UgRp5)

74 Geez, I bet the pressure on Ruth Buzzy Ginsberg doubles or triples just so Obama can get another progressive on SCOTUS to deal with this bothersome stuff.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 22, 2014 10:42 AM (D/504)

75 Sometimes I just don't know what the hell is going on.

Posted by: Seems legit at July 22, 2014 10:42 AM (A98Xu)

76 But but but I've been reading liberal bloggers who said no way what just happened is gonna happen! HOW can this beeeeeeeeeee.....?????!!!!????

Posted by: Comrade Beaudreau, Itching to Decide Who Lives and Who Dies at July 22, 2014 10:42 AM (yhJhK)

77 A Repub who appoints 10 97 liberals among 100 appointments is far better
than a Democrat who appoints 98 hard left liberals among 100
appointments?
--
Except that's not what happens and you know it.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 10:42 AM (ZPrif)

78
So.....
Does anyone believe this ruling will actually roll back Obamacare?

Posted by: Bigby's Trigger Finger at July 22, 2014 10:42 AM (3ZtZW)

79
What difference, at this point, does it make?!?!!/1/1!?

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at July 22, 2014 10:42 AM (aCHlr)

80 The Joooo dentist was correct....

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 22, 2014 10:42 AM (QFxY5)

81 And without Obamacare, this Administration simply becomes 8 years of golf accented by a South American invasion.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 22, 2014 10:42 AM (GGCsk)

82
So the Court of Appeals is racist/hates children/hates womyn/hates gays/ hates sick people/hates etc.?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 22, 2014 10:42 AM (1Jaio)

83 Liberals maintain the omission of subsidies on the federal exchange was
simply a drafting error. Opponents maintained it was a deliberate choice
in order to provide incentives for states to create their own
exchanges.

It doesn't matter how it got there, its not there s it doesn't count.

Posted by: Vic at July 22, 2014 10:42 AM (T2V/1)

84 Do I still get my pills. I was promised pills.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke

You can have the cyanide ones sweetie.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 22, 2014 10:42 AM (fN+7r)

85 How many divisions does the DC Circuit have? Hint - it is my cops who provide security for them.

Posted by: Iosif Obama at July 22, 2014 10:43 AM (o44nj)

86 The law says what it says? Poppycock! Obama has a pen and a phone.

Posted by: DangerGirl and her 1.21 gigawatt Sanity Prod (tm) at July 22, 2014 10:43 AM (dheSn)

87 Can someone please remind me what I supposed to do if my schadenboner lasts for more than 4 hours?

Posted by: Muad'dib at July 22, 2014 10:43 AM (sjdRT)

88 So without subsidies they are prohibiting me from getting BC.

Amiright?

Posted by: RWC at July 22, 2014 10:43 AM (fWAjv)

89 It's good to see the flaming skull. We need more flaming skull.

Posted by: Seems legit at July 22, 2014 10:43 AM (A98Xu)

90 In this 2-1 decision, who appointed the 2 and who appointed the 1?

Posted by: Hank at July 22, 2014 10:43 AM (jYWac)

91 The federal government has a department of state, therefore the federal exchange is ipso facto a state exchange, and the decision of the lower court is overturned.

Lookit, I just call balls and strikes. I'm an umpire, you see. And Reggie is the pitcher, and . . .

Posted by: New and Improved Chief Justice Roberts at July 22, 2014 10:43 AM (UlJ3l)

92 Legislate in haste, repeal in leisure.

Posted by: --- at July 22, 2014 10:43 AM (MMC8r)

93 Geez, I bet the pressure on Ruth Buzzy Ginsberg doubles or triples just so Obama can get another progressive on SCOTUS to deal with this bothersome stuff.
-------------------------

Can they find a replacement to the left of her? Bill Ayers, maybe.

Posted by: Roy at July 22, 2014 10:44 AM (VndSC)

94 20 What does this mean for people like me who got screwed and lost their coverage,

Posted by: Seems legit at July 22, 2014 10:30 AM (A98Xu)

Didn't I make you an unperson yet?

Posted by: Emperor Telewoobie McSandtrap the 1st at July 22, 2014 10:44 AM (do2iD)

95 Heh heh heh...another death blow to the fiasco that will never die.

Posted by: akula_51 at July 22, 2014 10:44 AM (OcXEl)

96 Either Obamacare is killed by the courts, or it is killed by itself. Shrug.

Posted by: heathcliffcare at July 22, 2014 10:44 AM (yhJhK)

97 So how goes the antisemitism?

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 22, 2014 10:41 AM (da5Wo)

Very well!

Have to figure out how to enlist my family, which may be difficult because shockingly they seem to be 100% Joooos.

Eh....I'll manage.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (Leftist anti-Semite) at July 22, 2014 10:44 AM (QFxY5)

98 46
This was the DC Court of Appeals. Next stop the Supremes

C'mon , Boy, see about me...

Posted by: Diana Ross at July 22, 2014 10:44 AM (EJ/Tn)

99 87 Can someone please remind me what I supposed to do if my schadenboner lasts for more than 4 hours?

Posted by: Muad'dib at July 22, 2014 10:43 AM (sjdRT)

Blow the doll back up and give her another go.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 22, 2014 10:44 AM (da5Wo)

100 And without Obamacare, this Administration simply becomes 8 years of golf accented by a South American invasion.

Race relations set back to the Woodrow Wilson era, don't forget that.

Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at July 22, 2014 10:45 AM (ZKzrr)

101 I have the weirdest schadenboner right now.

Then again, I've been giggling at an acquaintance's insurance woes. She put her kids on PA's CHIP ("Hey! Free insurance!"), and bought a cheap-ass O-care policy off the Fed exchange.

O-care was, of course, the best thing in the world, and would mean a utopia f free care for everyone!

She just got notice that, now that she has insurance, CHIP will no longer cover her kids and she has to add them to her O-care policy. The price will jump from $50/month to $300/month.

Posted by: Cranky J Anne at July 22, 2014 10:45 AM (eN+v3)

102
>>>Oh, and GIRD YOUR LOINS ...The screeching alone will render you deaf, so remember to wear your safety gear when you turn on the TV.

Your ears are where again?

Posted by: Bigby's Trigger Finger at July 22, 2014 10:45 AM (3ZtZW)

103 >>So.....
Does anyone believe this ruling will actually roll back Obamacare? <<

Let's see if the Republicans write it back in.

You know, because they are only one-third of the government. Or their latest battle-cry: "It's smart electoral politics and anybody who doesn't agree is one of those crazy Tea Party types"

Or are so feckless that someone "sneaks" it in to another bill...OMG! How did that happen!!!

Posted by: Marcus T at July 22, 2014 10:45 AM (GGCsk)

104 I thought "Panda'd" was one of those lively Aussie slang terms, pregnant with meaning and beer, resulting from carving a whole new dialect out of an unknown continent.

I'm withholding my excitement on this decision. Any more, the points of laws and implications of court decisions aren't fully realized until the executive branch has determined to voluntarily desist from violating the law.

Posted by: kindltot at July 22, 2014 10:45 AM (t//F+)

105 John Roberts didn't throw up in his mouth. It's from Schadenboners.

Posted by: Roy at July 22, 2014 10:45 AM (VndSC)

106 >>And without Obamacare, this Administration simply becomes 8 years of golf accented by a South American invasion.

...and losing Iraq and Afghanistan - the whole Middle East and parts of North Africa, really.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 22, 2014 10:45 AM (D/504)

107 By the way our Marine is still held prisoner in Mexico and Fredo has yet to mention his name

And That dick in Turkey has stopped taking Fredo's phone calls- oh my

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2014 10:45 AM (M0mf2)

108 My schadenboner just ripped my pants.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 22, 2014 10:45 AM (DrWcr)

109 Happy, but Repubs will "fix" this before it goes to the Supreme Court.

Posted by: Boone at July 22, 2014 10:32 AM (yhYBc)

By allowing federal exchanges to get the subsidies, by adopting state exchanges, or both?

My money's on both. Given this won't sink PlaceboCare before the next election, or even before 2016, the political pressure will get to them to fully-embrace PlaceboCare.

Had this decision happened before January 1, or if El PRL weren't already caving as fast as they can on PlaceboCare, I would be more positive.

Posted by: steveegg at July 22, 2014 10:45 AM (o44nj)

110 "87
Can someone please remind me what I supposed to do if my schadenboner lasts for more than 4 hours?"

CALL ME!

Posted by: Cecile the Paralegal, Late 40s, Divorced, Oh So Horny at July 22, 2014 10:46 AM (yhJhK)

111 Packing the appeals courts is also why Obama's strategy is and was to drag out the Obamacare legal defense as long as possible. Every year that goes by the Appeals courts become more and more left-wing as Obama gets his judges appointed.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 10:46 AM (ZPrif)

112 Very well!

Have to figure out how to enlist my family, which may be difficult because shockingly they seem to be 100% Joooos.

Eh....I'll manage.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (Leftist anti-Semite) at July 22, 2014 10:44 AM (QFxY5)

Just get them drunk on the blood of innocent children and VOILA!!! They'll agree to whatever.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 22, 2014 10:46 AM (da5Wo)

113 Didn't they say a couple of years ago that this law was not several. If you throw out part of it you have to throw out all of it.

Posted by: Vic at July 22, 2014 10:46 AM (T2V/1)

114 Posted by: Roy at July 22, 2014 10:44 AM (VndSC)

My vote is for Lynne Stewart.

Is she out of jail yet? She would make a perfect SCOTUS justice.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 22, 2014 10:46 AM (QFxY5)

115
>>>And shouldn't Kegel recuse herself? (spelling intentional)

thought it was Kugel

[obscure 70s reference]

Posted by: Bigby's Trigger Finger at July 22, 2014 10:46 AM (3ZtZW)

116 State exchanges: Chihuahua, Sonora, Coahuila...

They're covered, right?

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at July 22, 2014 10:46 AM (/D9Jb)

117 Packing the appeals courts is also why Obama's strategy is and was to drag out the Obamacare legal defense as long as possible. Every year that goes by the Appeals courts become more and more left-wing as Obama gets his judges appointed.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 10:46 AM (ZPrif)

Which is why elections count and why we have to take back the Senate

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2014 10:47 AM (M0mf2)

118 I could never understand why to get the subsidy, a person had to buy their insurance from a State Exchange.

Just let me fill out an IRS form to go in with my 1040 and give me my subsidy.

You know who this hurts don't you? FSA in Red States.

Fewer Federal dollars being spent in States without Exchanges.

Posted by: Grampa Jimbo at July 22, 2014 10:47 AM (V70Uh)

119 The law says what it says. The plain meaning is clear, on its face. The legislature has an easy remedy if it meant to say or now wishes to say, something else: rewrite the law and pass it.

That's how its supposed to work. The legislature writes the law. They pick the words.

Posted by: Resigned. at July 22, 2014 10:47 AM (Lbv/k)

120
Except that's not what happens and you know it.

Nah, I used to think I knew it, but I was blind and now I see...eg...John Roberts majority decision on the most liberal socialist decision, obamacare, that has ever hit the court.

No, I no longer believe the GOP is an opposition party to big govt.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 22, 2014 10:48 AM (cbUUP)

121 All I want to know is why Brooklyn surrendered?

There are white flags flying in place of the American flags. Check out the webcam.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 22, 2014 10:48 AM (GGCsk)

122 Didn't they say a couple of years ago that this law was not several. If you throw out part of it you have to throw out all of it.

Posted by: Vic at July 22, 2014 10:46 AM (T2V/1)

That's already been decided in the negative by Chief ~~Justice~~ Lawgiver-In-Black Roberts when he said that, even though forcing states to expand Medicaid was unconstitutional, the rest of PlaceboCare can stand even without a severance clause.

Posted by: steveegg at July 22, 2014 10:48 AM (o44nj)

123 So the Court of Appeals is racist/hates children/hates womyn/hates gays/ hates sick people/hates etc.?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 22, 2014 10:42 AM (1Jaio)

I watched President Pussy yesterday with his little "haters" speech.

JFC. "No one likes me." That's his position?

I'll save the tirade of "grow the fuck up you little goddam wimp" for later, because it easily comprise 20 paragraphs.

I'll just say this: Can you see Reagan, Chesty, Patton, Jack Lambert, or hell, any other real man whining like a little bitch like this guy does?

His lunch money is waiting to be stolen.

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 10:48 AM (x3YFz)

124 Mr. Hankey ain't gonna be happy.

I sense a sound bite where he makes himself clear, says things about 'folks', attacks a few strawmen and blames Repubs.

Posted by: McCool at July 22, 2014 10:48 AM (nCSwS)

125 All I want to know is why Brooklyn surrendered?

There are white flags flying in place of the American flags. Check out the webcam.
Posted by: Marcus T at July 22, 2014 10:48 AM (GGCsk)

Because the Dodgers left

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2014 10:48 AM (M0mf2)

126
Any more, the points of laws and implications of court decisions aren't fully realized until the executive branch has determined to voluntarily desist from violating the law.

This.

It's not as if we have a militarized judiciary that can enforce its rulings. We rely on civilian government voluntarily abiding by the law. So, yeah, we're still fucked.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at July 22, 2014 10:48 AM (JtwS4)

127 Eight years of golf, southern invasion and gays. Don't forget the gays.

Oh, and a new name for the Redskins.

Posted by: Hank at July 22, 2014 10:49 AM (jYWac)

128 It took over 4 years to get a ruling on the plain language of the law. It's not a subtle questions. The language is ultra clear. Yet took 4 years for a court to rule that Obamacare must actually follow the plain language of the Obamacare law.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 10:49 AM (ZPrif)

129 It's the LAW, WINGNUTZ!!

W- huh, wait? It ISN'T?

Posted by: --- at July 22, 2014 10:49 AM (MMC8r)

130
This will no doubt be appealed either to the full Court of Appeals, which Obama has packed with his appointees or directly to the Supreme Court.

Good thing the Senate Republicans folded when the Democrats "streamlined" the judicial confirmation process. Takes the suspense out of what's going to happen.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 22, 2014 10:49 AM (kdS6q)

131 Posted by: Marcus T at July 22, 2014 10:42 AM (GGCsk)

Ouch.

Posted by: Golfman in NC at July 22, 2014 10:49 AM (IvCqi)

132 Bevel Lemelisk @ 17-
Yeah, Roberts is wondering if he caved too easily or if he foolishly believed ubama.
'If you like your illegally adopted daughters, you can keep your illegally adopted daughters.'

Posted by: Erowmero at July 22, 2014 10:49 AM (go5uR)

133 I believe that I have heard of this "Obamacare" program. I'm all for caring, and it brings federal dollars to Mississippi. I believe that I can fully support a legislative fix.

Posted by: Sen. Thad Cochran at July 22, 2014 10:50 AM (UlJ3l)

134
There is a lot of tossing around of the term "appeals court" in this article. This is a District Court decision, the Appeals Court is the next step.

Might this decision be the case where words finally mean what they're supposed to mean?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars(TM) at July 22, 2014 10:50 AM (Pk0vQ)

135 We have to pass the bill before we know what's in it. Derp.

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi, Leading Nominee for Moron of the 21st Century at July 22, 2014 10:50 AM (yhJhK)

136 No problem, An executive order to negate the court decision should do here. maybe something about discretion to not enforce the allocation of subsidies. If not, disparate impact will work. No doubt Eric the Red and his staff of social justice crusaders are working on this angle.

Posted by: jsr at July 22, 2014 10:50 AM (1BQGO)

137 113
Didn't they say a couple of years ago that this law was not several. If
you throw out part of it you have to throw out all of it.

Posted by: Vic

Vic? I don't know what in Hopping Hell any of this means. I just know I opposed it and don't have the money for it.

Posted by: backhoe at July 22, 2014 10:51 AM (ULH4o)

138 Hadn't Obama been throwing a hissy fit in the last year that Congress wasn't letting him pack the DC Circuit enough? Didn't he declare a "judicial emergency" or some such to try and ram more appointments onto that court? Probably specifically to stop this from happening.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 10:51 AM (ZPrif)

139 Yet took 4 years for a court to rule that Obamacare must actually follow the plain language of the Obamacare law.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 10:49 AM (ZPrif)

And I hope that carries over to the other legal challenges to Fredocare and his executive actions

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2014 10:51 AM (M0mf2)

140 'If you like your illegally adopted daughters, you can keep your illegally adopted daughters.'

Hell, now you can pick up all you want for a quick $4B.

Posted by: --- at July 22, 2014 10:51 AM (MMC8r)

141 Just curious: does this now hand Clinton back the title of "First Black President" and bestow the moniker of "First Gay President" on Obama?

Posted by: Marcus T at July 22, 2014 10:51 AM (GGCsk)

142 Yeah, I bet those Senators who hastily put together that Force Hobby Lobby To Pay Regardless of SCOTUS are busy working on something to override this.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 22, 2014 10:52 AM (D/504)

143 This will require more fundraising and golf. Lots of golf.

Posted by: Boko Harum at July 22, 2014 10:52 AM (oDCMR)

144 Vic? I don't know what in Hopping Hell any of this means. I just know I opposed it and don't have the money for it.

Posted by: backhoe at July 22, 2014 10:51 AM (ULH4o)

my position too, brother. A 2500 page law is begging to be ignored.

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 10:52 AM (x3YFz)

145
What about my free cuchi pills?

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at July 22, 2014 10:52 AM (nQjHM)

146 > A 2500 page law is begging to be ignored.<

TFG agrees with you on this point.

Posted by: Muad'dib at July 22, 2014 10:52 AM (sjdRT)

147 "My legacy, oh no, my legacy...." Barky.

Actually, in fact, he does not give a fuck other than as to his ego. He knows that the lefties in academia will be his biographical fluffers.

Posted by: eureka! at July 22, 2014 10:53 AM (EgKCY)

148 This whole thing sounds racists.
And the DC Circuit Court? Cowards.

Posted by: Eric Holder at July 22, 2014 10:53 AM (D/504)

149 Appeals can always derail this, but it just proves this incompetent law needs to be expunged completely.

This was the DC Court of Appeals. Next stop the Supremes

I hear Diana Ross can be a bitch.

Posted by: John P. Squibob at July 22, 2014 10:53 AM (DQZLr)

150 So will Fredo call a news conference and whine from his fundraising tour, or will he ignore it and party hardy with his Hollywood pals?

Posted by: Hello it's me Donna and I know nuthink! at July 22, 2014 10:53 AM (9+ccr)

151 Just curious: does this now hand Clinton back the
title of "First Black President" and bestow the moniker of "First Gay
President" on Obama?

Posted by: Marcus T at July 22, 2014 10:51 AM (GGCsk)

yes.

But, replace "gay" with "fag." subtle,but important distinction.

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 10:53 AM (x3YFz)

152 I love the smell of flaming skulls in the morning.

Posted by: Boss Moss at July 22, 2014 10:54 AM (g+1oD)

153 Oh, won't he just reimburse the insurers for their losses? We the taxpayers are still fucked.

Posted by: eureka! at July 22, 2014 10:54 AM (EgKCY)

154 Wait - Does Obama know about this yet?
Suppose it depends on if he's been watching the news in between CA fundraisers and "touching Indians."

Posted by: Lizzy at July 22, 2014 10:54 AM (D/504)

155
Yeah, I bet those Senators who hastily put together that Force Hobby Lobby To Pay Regardless of SCOTUS are busy working on something to override this.
Posted by: Lizzy

Would seem pretty straightforward to just get 5 Senate Republicans to cross over on a bill to patch the subsidies. Because of "fairness" and what not.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 22, 2014 10:54 AM (kdS6q)

156 it's a cookbook

Posted by: Dr. Varno at July 22, 2014 10:54 AM (RmZpe)

157 Full DC Appeals court is majority Dem. So they will overturn this.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 10:55 AM (ZPrif)

158 My vote is for Lynne Stewart.

Is she out of jail yet? She would make a perfect SCOTUS justice.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at July 22, 2014 10:46 AM (QFxY5)

Not kidding, with TFG, that would be a possibility. Just to troll the GOP some more.

Posted by: Mainah at July 22, 2014 10:55 AM (659DL)

159 Oh, won't he just reimburse the insurers for their losses? We the taxpayers are still fucked.

Posted by: eureka! at July 22, 2014 10:54 AM (EgKCY)

The insurance companies are the useful idiots in this.

They're taking short term gains knowing full well they'll be crushed in 3 years.

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 10:55 AM (x3YFz)

160 I bet Obama is really, really mad now. I mean did you see him telling Putin he was being a very bad man and there would be no desert if he didn't stop.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 22, 2014 10:55 AM (GGCsk)

161 Speaking of the DC circuit, I'll never forgive Bush for plucking Cal. Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown and sticking her in the DC circuit WITHOUT ever having nominated her to the USSC. Harriet Fucking Myers. Bush could have nominated a *black woman*. A-hole.

Posted by: SFGoth at July 22, 2014 10:55 AM (huyqE)

162 Please to be posting video links of progressive heads exploding.

Posted by: Muad'dib at July 22, 2014 10:55 AM (sjdRT)

163 John Boner to the rescue in 3, 2, 1.

Posted by: despair at July 22, 2014 10:55 AM (c/UgA)

164 Do I smell Napalm in the morning?

Posted by: Lou at July 22, 2014 10:56 AM (zKEk1)

165 >>My vote is for Lynne Stewart.

Lizzie Warren?
*shivers*

Posted by: Lizzy at July 22, 2014 10:56 AM (D/504)

166 This really deserves a flaming Obama skull...

Posted by: Henny al Youngman at July 22, 2014 10:56 AM (wtvvX)

167 And without Obamacare, this Administration simply becomes 8 years of golf accented by a South American invasion.

...and losing Iraq and Afghanistan - the whole Middle East and parts of North Africa, really.

And Eastern Europe.

Posted by: rickb223 at July 22, 2014 10:57 AM (fN+7r)

168 John Boner to the rescue in 3, 2, 1.

Posted by: despair at July 22, 2014 10:55 AM (c/UgA)

More likely, he'll use this to destroy the state Republican parties by not signing onto a federal fix to this.

Posted by: steveegg at July 22, 2014 10:57 AM (o44nj)

169 Full DC Appeals court is majority Dem. So they will overturn this.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 10:55 AM (ZPrif)

So none of them have any integrity? So on to the Supreme Court then

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2014 10:57 AM (M0mf2)

170 144
Vic? I don't know what in Hopping Hell any of this means. I just know I opposed it and don't have the money for it.

Posted by: backhoe at July 22, 2014 10:51 AM (ULH4o)

my position too, brother. A 2500 page law is begging to be ignored.

Posted by: TangoNine

Exactly, T9. Until somebody presents me with a bill I am ignoring this BS. If and when a bill arrives?

"Are you crazy? I don't have the money for this. 'Free?' Are you nuts?"

Posted by: backhoe at July 22, 2014 10:57 AM (ULH4o)

171 Wiki lists 11 active judges on the full court. 7 Dem appointees and 4 Repub.
4 Obama, 3 Clinton, 3 W, 1 Bush Sr, 3 Bush Jr

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 10:57 AM (ZPrif)

172 I bet that the SCOAMF, who according to Ed Klein Friday was in deep funk because he couldn't take all the criticism about everything he's done wrong, goes into an even deeper depression!
He deserves it

I'm so excited I just dropped the bowl of blueberries I'm eating all over the floor!
Now I have to pick them up.

Posted by: Carol at July 22, 2014 10:57 AM (gjOCp)

173 Boehner and McConnell fuck this up.

You read it here first.

You know: "for the children

Posted by: Marcus T at July 22, 2014 10:57 AM (GGCsk)

174 It's a tax.

Posted by: John Roberts at July 22, 2014 10:58 AM (g+1oD)

175 I bet Obama is really, really mad now. I mean did
you see him telling Putin he was being a very bad man and there would be
no desert if he didn't stop.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 22, 2014 10:55 AM (GGCsk)

He's the CINC of the most powerful military force in human history.

And if he were to stand in front of me I'd hold out his hand I'd just laugh at him.

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 10:58 AM (x3YFz)

176 >>And without Obamacare, this Administration simply becomes 8 years of golf accented by a South American invasion.

...and losing Iraq and Afghanistan - the whole Middle East and parts of North Africa, really.

And Eastern Europe. <<

Don't forget me!

Posted by: Russian Reset at July 22, 2014 10:59 AM (GGCsk)

177 I, of course, don't really know what I'm talking about when commenting on the appeals process. I'm just Voxing it.

Voxing -- hastily looking shit up on google and wiki.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 10:59 AM (ZPrif)

178 Either way, the appeals court ruled today that law says what it says (subsidies for state exchanges only) and not what Obama's IRS says it says.

Straight up statutory interpretation. It's pathetic that there is any possibility that the decisions on this will be close.

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Now with extra taunting. at July 22, 2014 10:59 AM (mf5HN)

179 Is it safe yet to have a little faith in the judiciary?

Posted by: MTF at July 22, 2014 10:59 AM (LISuA)

180 HAHAHAHAHA!

How long before all these idjits that signed up for POS-Care start screaming about the spike in their insurance premiums??? It would be DELICIOUS if IRS/HHS sent them all to "collections".

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Posted by: Henny al Youngman at July 22, 2014 10:59 AM (wtvvX)

181
>>>I'm so excited I just dropped the bowl of blueberries I'm eating all over the floor!

Leave the ones what didn't bounce

Posted by: Bigby's Trigger Finger at July 22, 2014 11:00 AM (3ZtZW)

182 Does anyone know the operating procedures of the DC Circuit?? To wit, how many judges need to vote for en banc rehearing?? Given Obama's packing of the fucking court. thx

Posted by: prescient11 at July 22, 2014 11:00 AM (tVTLU)

183 I'm having new collar crocheted for this decision.

Posted by: Ruth Bader Ginsburg at July 22, 2014 11:01 AM (/TVdO)

184 Voxing -- hastily looking shit up on google and wiki.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 10:59 AM (ZPrif)

someone call that idiot yglesias and ask him why he's not getting laid.

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 11:01 AM (x3YFz)

185 >>>Is it safe yet to have a little faith in the judiciary?NGU kept asking that of some shmuck whose tooth he was drilling.

Posted by: Bigby's Trigger Finger at July 22, 2014 11:02 AM (3ZtZW)

186 183 I'm having new collar crocheted for this decision.
Posted by: Ruth Bader Ginsburg at July 22, 2014 11:01 AM (/TVdO)

SNORT!

Posted by: Seems legit at July 22, 2014 11:02 AM (A98Xu)

187 >>He's the CINC of the most powerful military force in human history.<<

Which is a pathetic, sobering thought to begin with.

What has he done with that power besides dilute and abuse it. Then make the men responsible for underwriting it pay for his misadventures and be put out in the cold.

He is beyond contempt.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 22, 2014 11:02 AM (GGCsk)

188 ok formatting FTW oops

Posted by: Bigby's Trigger Finger at July 22, 2014 11:02 AM (3ZtZW)

189 Deck chairs.

Posted by: eman at July 22, 2014 11:02 AM (MQEz6)

190 I'm having new collar crocheted for this decision.

Posted by: Ruth Bader Ginsburg at July 22, 2014 11:01 AM (/TVdO)

SNORT!

Posted by: Seems legit at July 22, 2014 11:02 AM (A98Xu)

damn mental images! damn them!

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 11:03 AM (x3YFz)

191 Bigby,
Thanks for advice on blueberries. I'm sure I'll fine a few under the washer at a later time.
I washed them again.

Posted by: Carol at July 22, 2014 11:03 AM (gjOCp)

192 >>I bet that the SCOAMF, who according to Ed Klein Friday was in deep
funk because he couldn't take all the criticism about everything he's
done wrong, goes into an even deeper depression!

If we had an opposition party they would be hammering him day and night in the press. Heck, Why aren't Republicans holding a press conference celebrating this? Oh yeah, because they think they can "fix" Obamacare....

Posted by: Lizzy at July 22, 2014 11:03 AM (D/504)

193 OK, what the fuck do I know. I am just a Dentist. Now open wide

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2014 10:38 AM (M0mf2)

Leader of the plaque.

Posted by: despair at July 22, 2014 11:03 AM (c/UgA)

194 This is why 2000+ page bills need to be read before they're passed.

Posted by: Another lurking lurker what lurks at July 22, 2014 11:03 AM (lt2TY)

195 i wish i cared...but i don't. obama will carry on do as he pleases and it will mean squat.

Posted by: zzzzzzz... at July 22, 2014 11:04 AM (IlFzi)

196 What? A statute means what it says? How can that be? /s/

Posted by: Lester at July 22, 2014 11:04 AM (2UPXV)

197 >>How long before all these idjits that signed up for POS-Care start
screaming about the spike in their insurance premiums??? It would be
DELICIOUS if IRS/HHS sent them all to "collections".<<

That assumes a large amount of the subscriptions are legitimate- which I highly doubt.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 22, 2014 11:04 AM (GGCsk)

198 what does en banc mean, and what does it mean in the other sense?

Posted by: Bigby's Trigger Finger at July 22, 2014 11:04 AM (3ZtZW)

199 Lizzy,
Ted Cruz Tweeted a press release. I think that's it except I just turned FNC on & there so Rove, as usual.

Posted by: Carol at July 22, 2014 11:05 AM (gjOCp)

200 The opinion was written by active Judge Griffith, a Bush Jr appointee.
Concurring opinion by senior Judge Randolph, a Bush Shr appointee.
Dissenting opinion by senior Judge Edwards, a Carter appointee.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 11:05 AM (ZPrif)

201 This will just bankrupt the insurance companies won't it? The Lib goal all along.

Posted by: RokShox at July 22, 2014 11:05 AM (LexE4)

202 He is beyond contempt.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 22, 2014 11:02 AM (GGCsk)

I have 3 squirrels, 1 german shepherd, myself and an odd looking jackrabbit working on a word to describe him.

It has to contain all of the following:
- Coward
- Communist
- Thief
- Malice
- Narcissist
- Sociopath

We're on it.

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 11:05 AM (x3YFz)

203 So if the full Court agrees to hear this, and it's stacked with Dem appointees, can it still go to the Supremes when they throw it out?

Posted by: Hello it's me Donna and I know nuthink! at July 22, 2014 11:05 AM (9+ccr)

204 So the ruling was 2 Repubs vs 1 Dem appointee.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 11:06 AM (ZPrif)

205 Eat it, OBitches!

Posted by: Ostral B Heretic at July 22, 2014 11:06 AM (4LMNs)

206 Likely to the full bench of that circuit and then to the Supreme Court. I also suspect that there will be an expedited review since the matter is pressing.

Now, past all of the glee and gloating, this is exactly what you can expect when something this complex is created and not properly debated and discussed. The "pass it to see what is in it" is going to go down as one of the most clueless and arrogant statements ever made by a politician. If ObamaCare continues to be delayed and taken apart piecemeal like this, then I cannot see how it can survive as much of anything - certainly it won't ever be able to come close to the promises made (I would have said intent but at this point I cannot even fathom what the exact intent here was or if there was even one specific intent rather than a jumble of competing intents).

Anyway - this really is flaming skull worthy.

Posted by: Mikey NTH -Summer is a Lie! Gray Skies are Your Future! Get the Latest Mopes at the Outrage Outlet at July 22, 2014 11:06 AM (hLRSq)

207 I like the smell of burning skulls in the morning.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2014 11:06 AM (1Mxs7)

208 What do the words 'the state' mean?

Posted by: M. Schmuck at July 22, 2014 11:06 AM (KXgZp)

209 Heck, Why aren't Republicans holding a press conference celebrating this? Oh yeah, because they think they can "fix" Obamacare....

Or maybe because the decision just came in this morning.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 22, 2014 11:06 AM (SY2Kh)

210 And the last time Obama gave a fuck what a judge said was.....

Never.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at July 22, 2014 11:06 AM (0LHZx)

211 >>Ted Cruz Tweeted a press release.

Yay for Cruz! We need many more like him!!

Posted by: Lizzy at July 22, 2014 11:07 AM (D/504)

212 John Roberts didn't throw up n his mouth. He is relishing swallowing a whole load in the next 18 months. Yum Obamacare jizz on the rocks

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2014 11:07 AM (HVff2)

213 Either way, John Roberts just threw up in his mouth a little bit.

I hope it's more than a little bit.

Posted by: KG at July 22, 2014 11:07 AM (p7BzH)

214 198 what does en banc mean, and what does it mean in the other sense?
Posted by: Bigby's Trigger Finger at July 22, 2014 11:04 AM (3ZtZW)

It means all the judges, as opposed to a panel.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 22, 2014 11:08 AM (DrWcr)

215
a report issued Thursday, the consultancy Avalere Health said that if subsidies were removed this year from the 4.7 million people who received them in HealthCare.gov states, their premiums would have been an average of 76 percent higher in price than what they are paying now.

Consider that cost curve bent.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 22, 2014 11:08 AM (kdS6q)

216 It is the Supreme courts job to determine the intent of a law. IMHO it was the intent of the then congress and president to have an affordable NATIONAL healthcare law.

There see how easy that was?

Posted by: Bob from table9 at July 22, 2014 11:08 AM (jsa6I)

217 So suppose this ends up at the Supreme court and they uphold this ruling (regardless of what the en banc review does in the interim). Then what. The Dems propose a bill to fix this -- it is just law, not a consitutional issue -- and delight as the Republicans fight against this "common sense entitlement for honest, hard working Americans" and/or state legislatures/governors fall in line and set up state exchanges to avoid the wrath of their FSA + lower middle class constituents. I'm not sure the end game here is a good one...

Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at July 22, 2014 11:08 AM (U0t2o)

218 So, they set up a system to bribe states to participate and punish those that didn't. And the geniuses wrote it so the FSA states will not be entitled to the promised 70% taxpayer funded freebie! Anyone else have that scene from Hunt for the Red October in their mind? 'You fool! you have killed us all!'

Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262 at July 22, 2014 11:08 AM (9Bdcz)

219 OT: @BretBaier

@Delta has suspended service until further notice to and from Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv and its New York-JFK hub

Posted by: Tami at July 22, 2014 11:09 AM (v0/PR)

220 What I want to know is, how does this help my kids?

Posted by: Michelle Obama at July 22, 2014 11:09 AM (1BQGO)

221 the appeals court ruled today that law says what it says

A principle opposed by a large percentage of the judiciary.

It still astounds me that (a) liberal judges just ignore the law because, well, it's inconvenient and (b) people still think of the judiciary as some sort of collection of angel-priests, guided only by reason and the intricacies of law.

Posted by: AmishDude at July 22, 2014 11:09 AM (b65cm)

222 Consider that cost curve bent.

There's a slight curve in my schadenboner, but I understand that's normal.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 22, 2014 11:09 AM (DrWcr)

223 what does en banc mean, and what does it mean in the other sense?

It's very hard to explain because Fwench and stuff.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 22, 2014 11:09 AM (TmiC5)

224 Uh oh, Obama pile-on: Turkish PM Edrogan has un-friended Obama.
Won't take his calls anymore.
@ WZ

Posted by: Lizzy at July 22, 2014 11:09 AM (D/504)

225 Heck, Why aren't Republicans holding a press conference celebrating this? Oh yeah, because they think they can "fix" Obamacare....

____________

And because they have the political instinct of a gnat. I used to roll my eyes when people said Republicans didn't really want to win.

I'm starting to think there is merit to this argument. Nobody can be this inept all the time.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at July 22, 2014 11:09 AM (0LHZx)

226 Brattleboro still supports the new Hellth Care Law because our black president would do anything to hurt those who voted for him. Don't lie like Bush did !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Dorcus Blimline from Brattleboro,VT at July 22, 2014 11:09 AM (hP/Mt)

227 216 It is the Supreme courts job to determine the intent of a law. IMHO it was the intent of the then congress and president to have an affordable NATIONAL healthcare law.

There see how easy that was?
Posted by: Bob from table9 at July 22, 2014 11:08 AM (jsa6I)

Yes, why yes indeed.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2014 11:10 AM (HVff2)

228 You guys are going to make me re-watch Suits.

(no, law and order is a liberal dumping ground: every episode is crazy white gun owner rapes a child)

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 11:10 AM (x3YFz)

229 So the full court overturns this and reinstates the subsidies and ... then what? We appeal to the Supremes? Who may or may not take it up, right? They can ignore it and let the ruling of the full DC Appeals Court stand, right?

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 11:10 AM (ZPrif)

230 The Obamacare statute is a living document whose meaning changes as the needs of the American people change.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at July 22, 2014 11:10 AM (347na)

231 It still astounds me that (a) liberal judges just ignore the law because, well, it's inconvenient and (b) people still think of the judiciary as some sort of collection of angel-priests, guided only by reason and the intricacies of law.
Posted by: AmishDude at July 22, 2014 11:09 AM (b65cm)

I've never understood point (b). As the old joke goes, what do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 50? Your Honor.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 22, 2014 11:10 AM (DrWcr)

232
The preznit is gonna be really mad about this decision, and he will take his anger out on my ass. It's always me or the chicken, and this time I believe it will be me. Oh woe is me!

Posted by: Reggie the Bottom at July 22, 2014 11:10 AM (nQjHM)

233 Hahahahahaha...

The stupid fuck Dems thought nearly every state would jump at the chance to grab them some free Obamacare money and set up exchanges - which is the only place authorized to give subsidies.. hahahahaha.. bbl.. gotta go stick it to some libtards...

Posted by: Chitown-Jerry at July 22, 2014 11:11 AM (4+IgA)

234 Simple solution.
Instead of subsidies, they get healthcare at a VA facility.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 22, 2014 11:11 AM (z95Vr)

235 We had to pass it to see what was in it. We found out some gears were missing.

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at July 22, 2014 11:11 AM (TmiC5)

236 Posted by: steveegg at July 22, 2014 10:45 AM (o44nj)

I would guess both, except that I don't think this ruling will actually go into effect until after SCOTUS. I think the governors will keep their powder dry and that the Congress will create a fix to the law, which will give cover to the Govs.

Posted by: Boone at July 22, 2014 11:11 AM (aDkn+)

237 Black letter law is racist!

Posted by: RickZ at July 22, 2014 11:11 AM (N83YV)

238 (no, law and order is a liberal dumping ground: every episode is crazy white gun owner rapes a minority, Muslim, developmentally disabled child)
Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 11:10 AM (x3YFz)

FTYF. I gave up on Law and Order, and Law and Order SVU a long time ago...

Posted by: Insomniac at July 22, 2014 11:11 AM (DrWcr)

239 FTFY, not FTYF. I don't what that even means, but it can't be good.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 22, 2014 11:12 AM (DrWcr)

240 We had to pass it to see what was in it. We found out some gears were missing.

Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at July 22, 2014 11:11 AM (TmiC5)

hah... I told the wife this morning: "good thing liberals aren't in charge of disarming nuclear weapons."

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 11:12 AM (x3YFz)

241 This was a 2-1 ruling by 3 judges. Two of whom were Repub appointees.

Full en banc review means the full court. I think just the active judges and not the senior judges. Not sure. The active judges are majority Dem, 7-4. The senior judges (ie semi-retired) are mostly Repub appointees.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 11:13 AM (ZPrif)

242 Please. You thought we were creative last time?

You ain't seen nothing yet.

Posted by: Roberts SCOTUS at July 22, 2014 11:13 AM (GGCsk)

243 217 So suppose this ends up at the Supreme court and they uphold this ruling (regardless of what the en banc review does in the interim). Then what. The Dems propose a bill to fix this -- it is just law, not a consitutional issue -- and delight as the Republicans fight against this "common sense entitlement for honest, hard working Americans" and/or state legislatures/governors fall in line and set up state exchanges to avoid the wrath of their FSA + lower middle class constituents. I'm not sure the end game here is a good one...

Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at July 22, 2014 11:08 AM (U0t2o)

_________

Yep.

Pyrrhic victory. This ruling will end up strengthening O-Care as it will force Republican governors to fully embrace it.

Posted by: Mr. Moo Moo at July 22, 2014 11:13 AM (0LHZx)

244 Hmmph. The law actually means what it says.

Amazing that we've got so far down the road to perdition that that's a shocking and/or novel concept.

Posted by: Sharkman at July 22, 2014 11:13 AM (TM1p8)

245 229
It is my understanding they will take it if another lower court has a different ruling. It is amazing words don't mean what they say and NO can be Yes. Can be explained with the negative term "Lawyers".

Posted by: Bob from table9 at July 22, 2014 11:13 AM (jsa6I)

246 Skull!!!!
Still miss the Blago skull though

Posted by: Ncj at July 22, 2014 11:14 AM (ZO6zI)

247
FTYF. I gave up on Law and Order, and Law and Order SVU a long time ago...

Posted by: Insomniac at July 22, 2014 11:11 AM (DrWcr)

If your Seething Hate Meter of Doom For Liberal Dumbasses Meter drops below 95, just watch 1 episode of SVU and you'll be recharged.

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 11:14 AM (x3YFz)

248
So if it goes all the way and SCOTUS upholds the subsidies to state exchanges only, how many GOP governors then take the money?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 22, 2014 11:14 AM (cbUUP)

249 I read, I believe in a Powerline email, that TFG ran for congress against very popular incumbent Bobby Rush & lost & lost badly. He was very depressed & nearly suicidal. The
Mooch almost divorced him because she was against it & he spent a lot of money on the race.

I'm sure it's from one of the books about him.

Erdogan unfriended him?

Ha, ha, ha!!

Posted by: Carol at July 22, 2014 11:14 AM (gjOCp)

250 what does en banc mean

-
It means those who most improve the justice's bank account win.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at July 22, 2014 11:14 AM (347na)

251 I gave up on SVU after Marisca (sp) went all Jessica Simpson, and became a larger part of the cast.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 22, 2014 11:15 AM (z95Vr)

252 248
All of them.

Posted by: Bob from table9 at July 22, 2014 11:15 AM (jsa6I)

253 The preznit is gonna be really mad about this decision, and he will take his anger out on my ass. It's always me or the chicken, and this time I believe it will be me. Oh woe is me!
Posted by: Reggie
--------------------

Well, Reg, I figure you've got 24 hrs. before he reads it in tomorrow's paper. I suggest you head for Mexico.

The great irony, is that Obama will express his disappointment in the court's ruling, because it 'hurts people'. He will disregard altogether the rule of law.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2014 11:15 AM (1Mxs7)

254 Republicans don't even realize they've been handed a gift that sink Obamacare.

Right now they are thinking...how can we leverage this to keep Obamacare so those people will vote for us.

Which will happen...never.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 22, 2014 11:16 AM (GGCsk)

255
226 Brattleboro still supports the new Hellth Care Law because our black president would do anything to hurt those who voted for him. Don't lie like Bush did !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Dorcus Blimline from Brattleboro,VT at July 22, 2014 11:09 AM (hP/Mt)

The fact that you have added from Brattleboro,VT to the end of your name, just further reinforces that you are a pathetically bad imitation sock that does a half assed job. You should be ashamed of yourself for being so crappy.

Posted by: buzzion at July 22, 2014 11:16 AM (zt+N6)

256 He was very depressed nearly suicidal. The

Mooch almost divorced him because she was against it he spent a lot of money on the race.

Posted by: Carol at July 22, 2014 11:14 AM (gjOCp)

Damn... missed it by that much...

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 11:16 AM (x3YFz)

257 Taking back the senate isn't going to do shit. The Repubs aren't going to stop the Dems, they have shown that *very* clearly.

Posted by: KG at July 22, 2014 11:16 AM (p7BzH)

258 Someone was asking -- the 2 judges in the majority were appointed by GWB; the 1 in dissent was appointed by Carter
Harry Reid's "nuclear option" in the Senate allowed 3 Obama appointees to the court to be jammed through, which will matter if the court grants an "en banc" rehearing.
So yeah, whether the POTUS is (D) or (R) matters re: judicial appoinents no matter how much anyone wants to claim otherwise.

Posted by: Dancing Queen at July 22, 2014 11:17 AM (L6shC)

259 Btw, the 4 Obama appointees on the Court were only put there in 2013 and 2014. 3 in 2013, 1 this year.

Obama didn't get a single judge on the DC Appeal circuit till his 2nd term.

It's like elections matter or something.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 11:17 AM (ZPrif)

260 >>hah... I told the wife this morning: "good thing liberals aren't in charge of disarming nuclear weapons."

Yeah, it would go something like this:

Eleanor Holmes Norton: "What's this red button do?"

Nuclear Technician: "Don't touch tha--"

Eleanor Homes Norton punches red button good and hard ---Poof!---
Several mid-Atlantic states are pulverized..

Posted by: Lizzy at July 22, 2014 11:17 AM (D/504)

261 For shadenboners lasting longer than four hours, please consult me. Let the phone keep ringing, I might not notice it over laughing right now.

Posted by: Your Doctor at July 22, 2014 11:17 AM (WDySP)

262 Nothing will change. The subsidies will be paid. Everyone in DC knows this will be overturned eventually.

Posted by: Soona at July 22, 2014 11:17 AM (IT3mj)

263 Wow, bad day for the FSB.
Just wait til the folks in Detroit find out they have to pay for water AND healthcare...

Posted by: B at July 22, 2014 11:17 AM (+Gtkw)

264 The headline at HuffPoo:

2 GOP JUDGES STRIKE DEATH BLOW AGAINST OBAMACARE

'Punishing Millions Because Of A Typo'

So yeah, they're losing their shit.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 22, 2014 11:17 AM (SY2Kh)

265 I remember back when Brattleboro produced some first-rate sockpuppeting. Now it's all being done in Bangalore or Shenzhen.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 22, 2014 11:17 AM (TmiC5)

266 Republicans don't even realize they've been handed a gift that sink Obamacare.

Right now they are thinking...how can we leverage this to keep Obamacare so those people will vote for us.

Which will happen...never.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 22, 2014 11:16 AM (GGCsk)

The GOPe has been given more softball pitches than I can count and have capitalized on... uh zero.

GOPe: Fucking the blowhole of the failwhale.

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 11:17 AM (x3YFz)

267
hah... I told the wife this morning: "good thing liberals aren't in charge of disarming nuclear weapons."
Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 11:12 AM (x3YFz

Or counseling your marriage T9
Happy anniversary

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2014 11:18 AM (HVff2)

268 1 judge was a Bush Jr appt, the other was a Bush Sr appt.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 11:18 AM (ZPrif)

269 So.... things do not go Nuclear until the lower court Judge rules... as directed...

THAT is when subsidies actually get cut off...

Bet he Stays the execution of that order.... pending appeal.

Otherwise everyone getting subsidies from the Feds see them go away... on their bill... RIGHT NOW.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 22, 2014 11:18 AM (84gbM)

270 It's a tax refund, a tax credit, a floor wax and a non-dairy whipped topping.

Posted by: John Roberts at July 22, 2014 11:18 AM (lJLML)

271 Seems they used Viton O-rings in the Obamacare law. Science!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2014 11:19 AM (1Mxs7)

272 >>He was very depressed nearly suicidal. Mooch almost divorced him because she was against it he spent a lot of money on the race.

FYI: Mooch has been making frequent, unpublicized trips to Vail lately. She has a friend with a house there. Notice we haven't seen much of Michelle in the news for a while? Separate lives.

Posted by: Lizzy at July 22, 2014 11:19 AM (D/504)

273 Heck, Why aren't Republicans holding a press conference celebrating this? Oh yeah, because they think they can "fix" Obamacare.... Or maybe because the decision just came in this morning.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 22, 2014 11:06 AM (SY2Kh)

That they have not weighed in with a 12 step plan on receipt of the first Twitter message proves that the GOPe hates all conservatives.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Sizzling Savings on Sulphurous Statements at teh Outrage Outlet! at July 22, 2014 11:19 AM (hLRSq)

274 Another site I read (link in my nic) has gotten lots of articles from lots of newspapers saying that not only has Obama emotionally checked out, but that he is depressed.

Posted by: Chillin the most at July 22, 2014 11:19 AM (gxtMZ)

275 Harry Reid's nuked the senate rules after 2012 in preparation for this very day.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 11:19 AM (ZPrif)

276
I'll never forgive Obama for appointing John Roberts.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 22, 2014 11:19 AM (cbUUP)

277 So yeah, they're losing their shit.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at July 22, 2014 11:17 AM (SY2Kh)

Which, in and of itself, is reason to rejoice.

Every time a commie cries, a baby bunny is born.

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 11:19 AM (x3YFz)

278 It's like elections matter or something.
Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 11:17 AM (ZPrif)

Yeah so shut up and vote for the R you stupid racist conservatives!

Posted by: GOPe at July 22, 2014 11:20 AM (zt+N6)

279 Court of Appeals" We know obama really meant to say x and he said y so we are gonna throw this ruling out."

Posted by: Hello it's me Donna and I know nuthink! at July 22, 2014 11:20 AM (9+ccr)

280 Obamacare is like high speed rail in California. It can not be killed. It will shamble on forever in zombie form.

Posted by: THAT ANNOYING GUY WHO CAN'T OPEN COMMENTS AT WORK at July 22, 2014 11:20 AM (QCc6B)

281 There is an adage I am dealing with right now on the writing front. "Don't count your chickens before they hatch."

Except one of the eggs has not even been laid yet. Local small indie publisher writer friend says I should submit story to. Except all their anthology calls are closed according to web-site. And from previous anthologies published by them - publisher and writers will share from a royalty pool from the sales, no matter if you wrote a 2,000 word story while someone else wrote 10,000 words.

Or submit story to an online site that may accept or reject in 6 to 8 weeks. While paying 10 cents a word. For stories as long as 10,000 words.

You know which way I am leaning? The online place. Far less speculative financial fiction involved.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 22, 2014 11:21 AM (NMKlM)

282 Separate lives.
Posted by: Lizzy
----------------------

..and separate realities.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2014 11:21 AM (1Mxs7)

283 261 For shadenboners lasting longer than four hours, please consult me. Let the phone keep ringing, I might not notice it over laughing right now.
Posted by: Your Doctor at July 22, 2014 11:17 AM (WDySP)

I'm too old & jaded. They don't last that long

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2014 11:21 AM (HVff2)

284
Or counseling your marriage T9

Happy anniversary

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2014 11:18 AM (HVff2)

heh. we're at a temporary cease fire. Our german shepherd is negotiating the truce.

after 16 years together: shit happens. You argue over the color red. It's just life.

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 11:22 AM (x3YFz)

285
'Punishing Millions Because Of A Typo'

So yeah, they're losing their shit.

Yay! Winning on the merits is a good first step. Hearing the lamentations of their metrosexuals is what is best in life.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at July 22, 2014 11:22 AM (JtwS4)

286 31 It's time to end the lifetime judiciary and have renewable terms. That will keep all the good judges and spare us the war over filling appointments. As far as bias and influence goes, right now they have 100% control of the moment of their retirement, and they sure play politics with it.

Posted by: Chris Balsz at July 22, 2014 11:22 AM (HZLYB)

287 284
Or counseling your marriage T9

Happy anniversary

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2014 11:18 AM (HVff2)

heh. we're at a temporary cease fire. Our german shepherd is negotiating the truce.

after 16 years together: shit happens. You argue over the color red. It's just life.
Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 11:22 AM (x3YFz)

Happy Anniversary! Or cease-fire! Or hudna! Or whatever it is! I'll hoist a cup of hemlock in your honor.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 22, 2014 11:23 AM (DrWcr)

288 274 Another site I read (link in my nic) has gotten lots of articles from lots of newspapers saying that not only has Obama emotionally checked out, but that he is depressed.
Posted by: Chillin the most at July 22, 2014 11:19 AM (gxtMZ)

So what does the Muslim faith teach about suicide? A guy can always dream, right?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2014 11:23 AM (HVff2)

289 FYI -

Almost all appeals from trial court decisions in federal circuit courts of appeals are heard by a three judge panel, as was this one.

Sometimes the full circuit court of appeals will, after the three judge panel's ruling, vote to order a rehearing before the entire circuit court of appeals, rather than let the three judge panel's ruling stand.

If the three judge panel's ruling is allowed to stand (ie, the full circuit doesn't rehear the appeal), then such ruling can be appealed to the US Supreme Court. If the full circuit rehears, then no appeal to the Supremes is allowed until the full circuit's decision is made.

Posted by: Lawdog at July 22, 2014 11:24 AM (pRe5G)

290 It's time to end the lifetime judiciary and have
renewable terms. That will keep all the good judges and spare us the war
over filling appointments. As far as bias and influence goes, right
now they have 100% control of the moment of their retirement, and they
sure play politics with it.

Posted by: Chris Balsz at July 22, 2014 11:22 AM (HZLYB)

8 year terms. Appointed by the president and require congressional approval for continuation.

Keep it simple.

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 11:24 AM (x3YFz)

291 >>Punishing Millions Because Of A Typo'

Yeah, I'm *sure* it was a typo, not Obama arbitrarily changing the law.
Because he would never do that, amiright?

Also, maybe this can be a "teachable moment" - that you shouldn't have a bunch of lobbyists, WH flacks and Congressional staffers hastily write a 2,000+ page bill and then pass it without reading it?

Posted by: Lizzy at July 22, 2014 11:25 AM (D/504)

292 Those griefers who flew the white flags at Brooklyn Bridge - *golfclap*

the Homeland Job Security brigades are all over it; even left their donuts half-eaten. Can't have people thinking they're fucking useless

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at July 22, 2014 11:25 AM (3Ofdo)

293 287 284
Or counseling your marriage T9

Happy anniversary

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2014 11:18 AM (HVff2)

heh. we're at a temporary cease fire. Our german shepherd is negotiating the truce.

after 16 years together: shit happens. You argue over the color red. It's just life.
Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 11:22 AM (x3YFz)

Happy Anniversary! Or cease-fire! Or hudna! Or whatever it is! I'll hoist a cup of hemlock in your honor.

Made it 30-
At year 25 it was almost splitsville
We got it together & things are the best ever
Good luck my friend

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2014 11:25 AM (HVff2)

294 And btw, don't think this was some mistake that worked out in our favor.

THAT IS A FUCKING LEFTIST LIE.

This provision was negotiated for and specifically contemplated. What the fucktard leftists didn't bargain for is that mroe than half the states would refuse to set up exchanges. Fucking idiots.

So this is the court applying the fucking law as written. And fuck the IRS.

Posted by: prescient11 at July 22, 2014 11:25 AM (tVTLU)

295 >>Judge Harry Edwards, a Jimmy Carter appointee, said in dissent that the ruling "portends disastrous consequences."<<

And so we should simply ignore the law as written and correctly interpreted.

The court has no authority to make that kind of judgment and as a result ignore the law.

THis is exactly the attitude which has destroyed our nation and given the courts power reserved solely for Congress.

If the people want it fixed- so be it.

It is NOT up to a judge's discretion.

Posted by: Marcus T at July 22, 2014 11:25 AM (GGCsk)

296 Can't wait for the denouement at the Supreme Court!

Until that time, the Obama administration has got to be trying to figure out what to do next (in the real world). There is a big chance this decision will get echoed by the Supreme Court eventually.

If I were a Supreme perceived as "unfriendly" I'd hire a food taster post haste.

Posted by: MTF at July 22, 2014 11:25 AM (LISuA)

297 When life hands you a lemon....

When politics, current events, judicial decisions turn against you....
....turn it around and use it to attack your enemies. Stir up the hate, break windows, blame the pooolleece for the violence. To the barricades citizens!

You have to fight for your right to free stuff.

Posted by: M. Schmuck at July 22, 2014 11:26 AM (KXgZp)

298 How many [armored] divisions does the Appeal Court have, anyways?

Posted by: Tonic Dog at July 22, 2014 11:26 AM (X/+QT)

299 So what does the Muslim faith teach about suicide? A guy can always dream, right?
Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2014 11:23 AM (HVff2)

I think it's agin' it, but if you go out as a shaheed you go to Paradise and get 72 raisins, even if you blew yourself up in the process.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 22, 2014 11:26 AM (DrWcr)

300 T9 - We got into an argument the other night over what kind of pail we should use for clumped cat litter. No kidding.....

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2014 11:26 AM (1Mxs7)

301 @ 264

They're Reds. They're entitled to true communist utopia, which is only held up by evil people making the wrong choices. That's a theft, a taking, a treason against the future.

So judges who read the law fairly are thieves and traitors, parents who raise their children in their own faith are thieves and traitors, nuns who won't buy birth control are thieves and traitors.

Posted by: Chris Balsz at July 22, 2014 11:26 AM (HZLYB)

302 When life hands you a lemon....

Burn life's house down!

Posted by: Insomniac at July 22, 2014 11:27 AM (DrWcr)

303 <<Added: Administration will go for the en banc review before the stacked full court. >>

What determines if that will happen?

Posted by: Marcus T at July 22, 2014 11:27 AM (GGCsk)

304 Posted by: KG at July 22, 2014 11:16 AM (p7BzH)

It definitely won't change the constant whining and doomsayering of the one note wonders.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at July 22, 2014 11:27 AM (UgRp5)

305
Happy Anniversary! Or cease-fire! Or hudna! Or whatever it is! I'll hoist a cup of hemlock in your honor.

I married for life. I got time off for bad behavior.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at July 22, 2014 11:28 AM (JtwS4)

306 he is depressed.

-
Has he tried choom?

Posted by: The Great White Snark at July 22, 2014 11:28 AM (347na)

307 Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 11:24 AM (x3YFz)

And all LAWS to sunset after 10 years, and be voted on as individual bills if they wish to renew.

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 22, 2014 11:28 AM (84gbM)

308 just watch 1 episode of SVU and you'll be recharged.

Or anything produced by Dick Wolf,

Posted by: SpongeBobSaget at July 22, 2014 11:28 AM (jtgkZ)

309
302 When life hands you a lemon.... Burn life's house down!
Posted by: Insomniac at July 22, 2014 11:27 AM (DrWcr)

Yeah!

Posted by: GLaDOS at July 22, 2014 11:28 AM (zt+N6)

310
I married for life. I got time off for bad behavior.
Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at July 22, 2014 11:28 AM (JtwS4)

How many years did you spend in solitary?

Posted by: Insomniac at July 22, 2014 11:29 AM (DrWcr)

311 274
Another site I read (link in my nic) has gotten lots of articles from
lots of newspapers saying that not only has Obama emotionally checked
out, but that he is depressed.

Posted by: Chillin the most

I have news for the JEF- nobody but the unshakeable 35%- or whatever the Hell it is-- gives a hoot anymore. "Historic first" is history now....

Posted by: backhoe at July 22, 2014 11:29 AM (ULH4o)

312
Or maybe because the decision just came in this morning.
Posted by: Hollowpoint

That they have not weighed in with a 12 step plan on receipt of the first Twitter message proves that the GOPe hates all conservatives.
Posted by: Mikey NTH

The Bone was able to make a public remark earlier today about how Obama was making it hard to pass an immigration bill, so he's relatively sober today.

Wondering why he isn't jumping on this is legit.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 22, 2014 11:29 AM (kdS6q)

313 59 #TheBear'sBowelsAreLoose

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at July 22, 2014 10:38 AM (da5Wo)

Poo(h) Bear.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at July 22, 2014 11:30 AM (/D9Jb)

314 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at July 22, 2014 11:26 AM (1Mx

Did it really matter or did you just not want to give in on general principal?

Posted by: Bob Belcher at July 22, 2014 11:30 AM (UgRp5)

315 Breaking Politics @breakingpol 10m
White House says health care subsidies will keep flowing despite court decision - @AP http://www.breakingnews.com/t/b8

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 11:30 AM (ZPrif)

316 The Bone was able to make a public remark earlier today about how Obama was making it hard to pass an immigration bill, so he's relatively sober today.

It's early.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at July 22, 2014 11:30 AM (TmiC5)

317 315 Breaking Politics @breakingpol 10m
White House says health care subsidies will keep flowing despite court decision - @AP http://www.breakingnews.com/t/b8

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 11:30 AM (ZPrif)

Oh.... my....

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 22, 2014 11:31 AM (84gbM)

318
someone call that idiot yglesias and ask him why he's not getting laid.

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 11:01 AM (x3YFz)

I've seen his photo. Question asked and answered.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at July 22, 2014 11:31 AM (TIIx5)

319 I don't see how this could be reversed on appeal. One either follows the law as written or not.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 22, 2014 11:31 AM (AskuI)

320 315 Breaking Politics @breakingpol 10m
White House says health care subsidies will keep flowing despite court decision - @AP http://www.breakingnews.com/t/b8
Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 11:30 AM (ZPrif)

In other words, they don't give a flying fuck about the rule of law, and will do whatever they goddamn well please. I am not at all surprised.

Posted by: Insomniac at July 22, 2014 11:31 AM (DrWcr)

321 White House says health care subsidies will keep flowing despite court decision

Tyrants gotta tyrant.

Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at July 22, 2014 11:32 AM (ZKzrr)

322 "portends disastrous consequences."

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People paying their own bills?!!! OMG NOoooooooooo!

Posted by: The Great White Snark at July 22, 2014 11:32 AM (347na)

323 Any update on white flags on Brooklyn Bridge?

Posted by: Carol at July 22, 2014 11:32 AM (gjOCp)

324 Its more War on Wymmin by white men judges in black robes with cold hands, probing for my uterus and conspiring to take away my Federal Access to Contraception Right!

Elect Democrats so we can stuff the Judiciary with Wise Progressives of Gender!

Posted by: Leftoid at July 22, 2014 11:32 AM (HEo6y)

325 317 315 Breaking Politics @breakingpol 10m
White House says health care subsidies will keep flowing despite court decision - @AP http://www.breakingnews.com/t/b8

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 11:30 AM (ZPrif)

Court? What Court.... I have a pen and a phone, damn it!

Fredo...

Posted by: Hello it's me Donna and I know nuthink! at July 22, 2014 11:32 AM (9+ccr)

326 #BringBackOurIUDs

Posted by: Jen Psaki at July 22, 2014 11:33 AM (TmiC5)

327 Retweeted by Jonah Goldberg
Leon Wolf @LeonHWolf 4m
The decision to keep operating under an administrative rule while appeals are pending and absent injunction is completely standard, errybody

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 11:33 AM (ZPrif)

328 It definitely won't change the constant whining and doomsayering of the one note wonders.

Posted by: Bob Belcher at July 22, 2014 11:27 AM (UgRp5)

Yea, when you are able to tell me what appointments by Obama have been held up by the Repubs the way the Dems did with Bush, I will concede that taking the senate might mean something.

Posted by: KG at July 22, 2014 11:33 AM (p7BzH)

329 "This would be a death blow to ObamaCare."

did somebody say "blow" ?

Posted by: b. clinton at July 22, 2014 11:34 AM (yrk2K)

330 303 >

What determines if that will happen?
Posted by: Marcus T at July 22, 2014 11:27 AM (GGCsk)

See Rule 35 of the DC Circuit court rules: http://tinyurl.com/l6h7jem

Posted by: Insomniac at July 22, 2014 11:34 AM (DrWcr)

331 Yea, when you are able to tell me what appointments by Obama have been held up by the Repubs the way the Dems did with Bush, I will concede that taking the senate might mean something.

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Huh, Harry Reid nuked the Senate rules precisely because the Repubs were holding up Obama's nominations. Jesus.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 11:35 AM (ZPrif)

332 Oh, it was just a drafting error? Well, damn, I guess if you would have read the piece of shit before you passed it, you might have caught it.

Posted by: no good deed at July 22, 2014 11:35 AM (w3a0Z)

333 There must be thousands of security cameras around the Brooklyn Bridge and nobody knows anything? Nobody saw anything?

I smell something rotten in the state of New Yorkistan.

Posted by: Citizen X at July 22, 2014 11:35 AM (7ObY1)

334 T9?

284

Or counseling your marriage T9

Happy anniversary

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2014 11:18 AM (HVff2)

heh. we're at a temporary cease fire. Our german shepherd is negotiating the truce.

after 16 years together: shit happens. You argue over the color red. It's just life.

Posted by: TangoNine

Yeah, to borrow from "I wish I were in love again?"

"the laughing laughter and the hateful hates..."

Yeah, I miss that, being a widower twice. Times weren't always good with my girls- but they were never dull....

Posted by: backhoe at July 22, 2014 11:35 AM (ULH4o)

335
It's early.
Posted by: Cicero

We're got another half hour or so until John tucks into his usual pepperoni slice with two gimlets lunch.

Then the window closes.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 22, 2014 11:35 AM (kdS6q)

336 319 I don't see how this could be reversed on appeal. One either follows the law as written or not.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 22, 2014 11:31 AM (AskuI)
****************

An entire, multi-billion dollar legal industry called to say that's why you're not one of them.

Posted by: Joe Penumbra at July 22, 2014 11:35 AM (vgIRn)

337 Anonymous Obama admin official ...
FIFY

Posted by: Scoville at July 22, 2014 11:35 AM (0adl+)

338 By the by the problem of legislative intent will be solved once the RTFBYMFMF amendment is passed.

Posted by: alexthechick - Here SMOD SMOD SMOD at July 22, 2014 11:36 AM (miy6T)

339 Also didn't McConnell vote to allow the Obamacare precursor bill out of committee (or whatever it's called for the senate) so that he could go home on Christmas Eve?

But he'll stand firm now!

Posted by: KG at July 22, 2014 11:36 AM (p7BzH)

340 321 White House says health care subsidies will keep flowing despite court decision

Some canny politician should sue them for that.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at July 22, 2014 11:37 AM (10j86)

341
After Robert's "tax" ruling I believe the SCOTUS is hell bent on keeping Obamacare.

So have fun while you can. I'll fully torment the liberals commenting in my local papers. But Obamacare will never die in the courts, the only way to get rid of it is through Congress. And we all know that ain't happening.

Obamacare: the herpes of health care.

Posted by: Ed Anger at July 22, 2014 11:37 AM (RcpcZ)

342 How many divisions does the DC Circuit have?

Posted by: King Barry at July 22, 2014 11:38 AM (DrWcr)

343 Cicero Kaboom Kid!
Thanks for laughs!!

SCOAMF is ignoring judgement! I'm shocked!

Posted by: Carol at July 22, 2014 11:38 AM (gjOCp)

344 Emanations, penumbras, that shit works miracles.

Posted by: --- at July 22, 2014 11:38 AM (MMC8r)

345 The one decent, a Jihamy Carter appointee, said the IRS should be able to do what they want because you know, written laws don't matter.

The stupid is so strong.

Posted by: Nip Sip at July 22, 2014 11:38 AM (0FSuD)

346 I don't see how this could be reversed on appeal. One either follows the law as written or not.

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The Obama appointees will reverse it on full court appeal the same way the Carter appointee voted against it in the 2-1 panel ruling.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 11:38 AM (ZPrif)

347 What is this, like the fifth time Obamacare has been thrown out due to some specific flaw but then was either later overturned by a higher court or the Obama administration shrugged and kept going? Oh but THIS one will stop it, right?

Its too late, it won't be stopped.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 22, 2014 11:39 AM (zfY+H)

348 So the Law isn't settled?

What are we to do? Who do we complain to, who's the villain here? Where do they live? Will SEIU be supplying buses and lunch money? Where do we get our signs?

Will we be on TV?

Posted by: M. Schmuck at July 22, 2014 11:39 AM (KXgZp)

349 Harry Reid nuked the Senate rules to specifically pack the DC court with Obama appointees -- I'm sure they know how all 4 of them will rule on Obamacare. I'm sure that was a litmus test for the job.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 11:40 AM (ZPrif)

350 Silly sumbitches in Obama Administration can't even read a statute. And Pelosi said you'd have to pass the bill (and read it) to find out what was in it. Well these shmucks can't read.

Posted by: Comanche Voter at July 22, 2014 11:40 AM (wdHk6)

351 226
Brattleboro still supports the new Hellth Care Law because our black
president would do anything to hurt those who voted for him.
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Why yes, Dorcus, the SCOAMF would do anything in his power to hurt those who voted for him. I do believe this is the first time you've ever gotten anything right!

Posted by: LFW- 58 days to retirement at July 22, 2014 11:41 AM (F26eZ)

352
Make me Majority Leader and I will re-instate the senate rules allowing the Dems to hold up all judges that are not liberal. Because I am fair like that.

Also we need to increase funding to the insurance companies that increase campaign donations to me.

Posted by: Mitch McConnell at July 22, 2014 11:41 AM (cbUUP)

353 Remember one of these buffoons has gurgled up a book arguing that a 'period' should be a 'comma' on a little document Thomas Jefferson penned about "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

Nothing stops these fools and their agendas save FMJ and death.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 22, 2014 11:41 AM (NMKlM)

354 347 What is this, like the fifth time Obamacare has been thrown out due to some specific flaw but then was either later overturned by a higher court or the Obama administration shrugged and kept going? Oh but THIS one will stop it, right?

Its too late, it won't be stopped.

********

Word. I, for one, welcome our new juristoratic overlords.

Posted by: Ghey Marriage at July 22, 2014 11:41 AM (vgIRn)

355 Leftist spin on white flags replacing American flags on Brooklyn Bridge: its a symbolic surrender to gentrification!

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at July 22, 2014 11:41 AM (zfY+H)

356 http://tinyurl.com/l5k95th

Gateway Pundit
State Dept refused sandbags in Benghazi!

Posted by: Carol at July 22, 2014 11:43 AM (gjOCp)

357 The Obama appointees will reverse it on full court appeal the same way the Carter appointee voted against it in the 2-1 panel ruling.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 11:38 AM (ZPrif)
This!

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at July 22, 2014 11:43 AM (R8hU8)

358 Ummm."en banc review" = "stacked full court".

Also, the DC Court of Appeals has ten Republican appointees and eight Democrat appointees.

Posted by: JohnJ at July 22, 2014 11:45 AM (TF/YA)

359 test

Posted by: RWC at July 22, 2014 11:45 AM (fWAjv)

360 Ain't no happy dance in thunderdome.

Posted by: eleven at July 22, 2014 11:45 AM (fsLdt)

361 I know white flags are sign of surrender militarily, it's symbolic surrender to gentrification?

Posted by: Carol at July 22, 2014 11:45 AM (gjOCp)

362 346 I don't see how this could be reversed on appeal. One either follows the law as written or not.

Nothing can stop the judges from voting that way.

It's ultimately going to go to the Supremes either way, and Roberts will come up with another corker for it.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at July 22, 2014 11:45 AM (10j86)

363 Okay Horde, think positive thoughts for me. Just submitted short story to online place. Hopefully it will blow them away like it has four alpha readers.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 22, 2014 11:46 AM (NMKlM)

364 Also, the DC Court of Appeals has ten Republican appointees and eight Democrat appointees.
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There are only 11 active judges. Which are 7-4 Dem.

There are 7 senior (semi-retired) judges. Which are 6-1 Repub.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 11:46 AM (ZPrif)

365 Giddy up!

Posted by: Dick Turpin at July 22, 2014 11:47 AM (ntUf0)

366 Also, the DC Court of Appeals has ten Republican appointees and eight Democrat appointees.

So fourteen flaming liberals and four conservatives.

Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at July 22, 2014 11:47 AM (10j86)

367 wikigods
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC_Circuit_Court

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 11:47 AM (ZPrif)

368 Good luck Anna....

Posted by: eleven at July 22, 2014 11:47 AM (fsLdt)

369 Someone wake "the Bear" and tell him he lost.....again.

Barack Obama....the Washington Generals of litigation.

Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at July 22, 2014 11:47 AM (Xc44Q)

370 There are only 11 active judges. Which are 7-4 Dem.

There are 7 senior (semi-retired) judges. Which are 6-1 Repub.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at July 22, 2014 11:46 AM (ZPrif)

So, how do they decide which Judges are in the full Court then? Do the semi retired ones have any say on which cases they get to sit?

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 22, 2014 11:48 AM (84gbM)

371 Watch video I put in #356 from Gateway Pundit!
That would be Hillary denying it!
I know SCOAMF wants to support Lizzie Warren.
Anyone thinks it's a coincidence it's breaking now?

Posted by: Carol at July 22, 2014 11:48 AM (gjOCp)

372 Delta Cancels All Israel Flights Over Missile Fear

Yeah so lets negotiate a cease fire that lets Hamas store up more missiles that threaten Ben Gurion Airport. I mean what could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 22, 2014 11:49 AM (M0mf2)

373 BREAKING: Obama administration says health care subsidies will keep flowing despite court decision.
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Of course. Fuck laws.

Posted by: RWC at July 22, 2014 11:50 AM (fWAjv)

374 363
Okay Horde, think positive thoughts for me. Just submitted short story
to online place. Hopefully it will blow them away like it has four alpha
readers.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) Hellfire, Anna. This old heathenish pirate boy will say a prayer for you....( you might want to don a lightning rod, however....)

Posted by: backhoe at July 22, 2014 11:50 AM (ULH4o)

375 Nood

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at July 22, 2014 11:50 AM (z95Vr)

376 Gabe says in a tweet that AP claims an Obama administration official says they're ignoring the ruling and subsidies will keep flowing. presumably, taxes will continue being levied as well, even though all this is now illegitimate.

Posted by: MTF at July 22, 2014 11:50 AM (LISuA)

377 Ugh!

Per Drudge
Flight averted due to rocket landing near Tel Aviv!

Posted by: Carol at July 22, 2014 11:50 AM (gjOCp)

378 Okay Horde, think positive thoughts for me. Just submitted short story to online place. Hopefully it will blow them away like it has four alpha readers.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at July 22, 2014 11:46 AM (NMKlM)

Good luck

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at July 22, 2014 11:50 AM (R8hU8)

379 276
I'll never forgive Obama for appointing John Roberts.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 22, 2014 11:19 AM (cbUUP)
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Me too. Those Citizens United and Hobby Lobby decisions were awful. Like Jim Crow and the Holocaust and stuff.

All of the other judges Obama has appointed vote correctly 100% of the time, so how did he screw up appointing a guy whose record is 90% wingnut? Makes me sick.

Posted by: Mary Moonbat at July 22, 2014 11:51 AM (dfYL9)

380 Good luck Anna

Posted by: RWC at July 22, 2014 11:51 AM (fWAjv)

381 I will too, Anna Puma!
I'll say prayer for story to blow them away!

Posted by: Carol at July 22, 2014 11:52 AM (gjOCp)

382
Not sure the SCOTUS will even take it up as the Dems have the 6 to 3 majority.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 22, 2014 11:53 AM (cbUUP)

383 Wow, a flaming skull greets me first thing.

However, I have no illusions about it: by the time this gets appealed, the SCOTUS will come up with some other bullshit reading of the Constitution to keep it on the books, thus eating out our substance with illegal laws while perpetuating a government that was never designed by the Founders to be this intrusive or expensive.

We lost control of our government many years ago, if we ever had control of it at all. The proof lies partly in this illegal law, which never should have seen the light of day. Add to this the massive illegal spying on all of us that is clearly prohibited by the Fourth Amendment and that whirring sound you hear is all the signers of the Constitution spinning in their graves at how we the people have allowed their plans for us to unravel.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at July 22, 2014 11:53 AM (0HooB)

384
Posted by: Mary Moonbat <<<<<

I have been reliably assured that Repub Prez's only appoint 100% conservative judges. I say Good Day Madame.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 22, 2014 11:55 AM (cbUUP)

385 Somewhere at the IRS a techie is feverishly destroying all of the hard drives with records of who received subsidies.

Posted by: Thatch at July 22, 2014 11:55 AM (m/nBa)

386 384
I have been reliably assured that Repub Prez's only appoint 100% conservative judges. I say Good Day Madame.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 22, 2014 11:55 AM (cbUUP)
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Who the hell assured you of such a thing?
And if you ever believed that, you're a child.

The point is that today Dems appoint 100% leftist judges 100% of the time. Republican appointees can fall all over the spectrum but at least some WILL be like Clarence Thomas, Scalia, or Alito.

Without the GOP there would be NO conservative justices. There would be no constitutionalist voice even in dissent.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at July 22, 2014 12:08 PM (dfYL9)

387 Didn't HHS just say that "States" means "states", not "Territories"?
Why, yes, yes they did. (see HotAir story)

Burn, baby, BURN.

Posted by: Rolf at July 22, 2014 12:16 PM (be0G3)

388 26. I am in awe of your post. All of Ocare's survival as a tax will some day be explained by the Roberts' kids' adoption.

Posted by: Roscoe at July 22, 2014 12:16 PM (Xv7f/)

389 Who the hell assured you of such a thing?<<<<<<<

See many posts above.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 22, 2014 12:22 PM (cbUUP)

390 There really is no "gray" here, either we have judges that believe we are a nation governed by laws and not by men or we're a banana republic.

The idea that "Obama didn't intend it to be like this" as a defense is absurd.

I'm actually a bit optimistic the Supreme Court is going to go our way on this.

Posted by: Uniden at July 22, 2014 12:29 PM (13G+x)

391 Made it 30-

At year 25 it was almost splitsville

We got it together things are the best ever

Good luck my friend

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at July 22, 2014 11:25 AM (HVff2)

it's a team effort.

Barring infidelity, there's no reason I'd split. I love her nagging me too much.

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 12:53 PM (x3YFz)

392 There really is no "gray" here, either we have
judges that believe we are a nation governed by laws and not by men or
we're a banana republic.

The idea that "Obama didn't intend it to be like this" as a defense is absurd.

I'm actually a bit optimistic the Supreme Court is going to go our way on this.

Posted by: Uniden at July 22, 2014 12:29 PM (13G+x)

you see that clown Earnest in the presser today? I'll summarize: "we're just gonna go ahead and keep doing what we're doing. You tribbles are too ignorant to be thinking about all this convoluted legal stuff and we don't want you to bother being educated so just stfu and move along."

Posted by: TangoNine at July 22, 2014 12:55 PM (x3YFz)

393 So the tyrannical administration says they will break the law.

What did Miss Lindsey say about Obama breaking the law next time? Didn't he mention the dreaded I word?

I'll believe it when I see it of course.

But it doesn't hurt to remind her that (s)he drew the line in the sand.

Posted by: Marybeth at July 22, 2014 01:00 PM (CmURZ)

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