LINCOLN, Neb. – (AP) A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by seven states that sought to block a contraception coverage rule within the federal health care law.
U.S. District Court Judge Warren K. Urbom ruled Tuesday that the states had no standing in the lawsuit, because they had failed to prove they would suffer immediate harm once the rule is enacted.
Warren Urbom
Urbom said Catholic groups that joined the lawsuit also failed to show that a religious exemption written into the rule wouldn’t apply to them.
The lawsuit was filed by Republican attorneys general from Nebraska, Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas. Plaintiffs also include three Nebraska-based employers affiliated with the Catholic Church, a nun and a female missionary.
A call to the Nebraska Attorney General’s office wasn’t immediately returned.
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carl_in_ohio
Jul. 19, 2012 at 8:52pmthis is too much authority for one person.
If the Federal Government chooses which laws to enforce and which ignore — then States should do the same.
Let the Federal Government sue the State — an meaningless action.
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johnjamison
Jul. 20, 2012 at 9:15amAgreed, and the states can do that as there is No constitutional ground for the federal governement to enforce the laws.
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drphil69
Jul. 20, 2012 at 11:41amActually, since it costs the states’ taxpayers money when the feds sue, it is NOT MEANINGLESS. Obama wants to bankrupt the states that don’t do EXACTLY AS HE DICTATES. So as illegals flood across the AZ border, bringing drugs, guns, murdering, kidnapping, and the Feds won’t enforce the border, AZ is forced to spend lots of money to defend itself from federal lawsuits.
This is absolute insanity. The end of the Republic is near.
I will not comply.
I AM JOHN GALT.
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Doris
Jul. 20, 2012 at 2:59pmThe feds would win. but just have the states refuse to enact said law just like obamacare.Of course it will be harmful to the states, moneywise, their tax payers will have to foot the bill for others contraception.I think contraception should be the mandate and abortion be termed illegal except in extreme cases, rape, incest and health risk for mother.only
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UnGreen
Jul. 20, 2012 at 3:56pmLet the Fed Judiciary play a minor role behind the states’ Judiciary. In other words, let the states decide if a federal law is to be adjudicated in a fed court or the states court.
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wntsmallgov
Jul. 22, 2012 at 1:21am10th Amendment, any powers that are not expressly given to the Federal Government shall fall upon the states and the people. WE need to start enforcing the Constitution on a local level and it will slowly go upward.
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Tri-ox
Jul. 19, 2012 at 8:52pmI understand that Mr. Urbom has John Roberts’ face tattooed on one ****-cheek, and obama’s face on the other.
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Toltepeceno
Jul. 19, 2012 at 9:08pmBiden’s is dead center.
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Gazoiks
Jul. 20, 2012 at 7:54amToltepeceno,
That was funny tolt, I had a good hearty chuckle over that one.
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Gonzo
Jul. 20, 2012 at 10:58amDefy the Feds and don’t comply!
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cavedude
Jul. 22, 2012 at 11:27amlove it Tolt!
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carl_in_ohio
Jul. 19, 2012 at 8:49pmStates should follow the President’s behavior — choose which laws they want to enforce.
The present administration is picking and choosing which laws to ignore or simply not enforce.
Rather than following the entire legal system, so why should the States?
The States should take a similar tactic. If a State decides not to follow the federal mandate, then they shouldn’t. Let the Federal Government sue them — a meaningless action. Let the Federal Government withhold Federal funding — this will weaken the Federal Government’s hold over State’s rights.
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kaydeebeau
Jul. 19, 2012 at 10:17pmPretty much what I was thinking also….
davetrav
Jul. 19, 2012 at 8:45pmAnother judge that is no good, —Church and state are not together jerk. —Obama owns you too, how sad. Judge, remember this—How long before Obama doesn’t need courts?
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QuincySmith
Jul. 20, 2012 at 10:50amHere is a Wikipedia report:
Warren Keith Urbom (born December 17, 1925)[1] is a United States federal judge.
Born in Atlanta, Nebraska, Urbom was a Technical Sergeant in the United States Army during World War II, from 1944 to 1946. He received an A.B. from Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1950 and a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1953. He was in private practice in Lincoln, Nebraska from 1953 to 1970.
On March 11, 1970, Urbom was nominated by President Richard Nixon to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska vacated by Robert Van Pelt. Urbom was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 23, 1970, and received his commission on April 24, 1970. He served as chief judge from 1972-1986. He was also an adjunct instructor at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln College of Law from 1979 to 1990. He assumed senior status on December 31, 1990.
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Warpspeedpetey
Jul. 19, 2012 at 8:26pmIf we are not free to follow G-d, then we are not not truly free in any sense of the word because we are not free to fulfill the purpose of our existence. What is more inherently human than that? These tyrants seize not only our liberty, but our most fundamental aspect of being. There are no distant shores to which we may flee. It is here that we must resist tyranny, it is here we must stand. The freedom bought with the blood of our forefathers can only be maintained by the courage of their sons.
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garbagecanlogic
Jul. 19, 2012 at 8:22pmHere in Nebraska, the judge has never been known for his judicial expertise. Just looking at the guy gives you a clue as to how sharp he is.
Praise Be To Obama. Psalm 109:8
The U.S. Out Of The U.N.
The U.N. Out Of The U.S.
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TwoLazy
Jul. 20, 2012 at 9:13amYou’re saying he graduated 98th in a class of 77?
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Warpath18
Jul. 19, 2012 at 8:20pmHoly cow! This guy is older than Moses. Whatever happened to retiring? Please go away Judge Urbom. You are too old for this crap anymore. I bet he sleeps through most of his time on the bench.
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Windsong
Jul. 19, 2012 at 8:20pmWell, Judge Urbom, America now knows exactly who and what you are. America knows that you can be bought. Now that you have removed an individual’s ability to be treated fairly in your Court, some new lawsuits will be forthcoming.
My neighbor is a smoker, and he is very angry at the taxes he is forces to pay for his habit. After seeing your ruling, he has decided to demand that all taxpayers pay for his cigarettes. If a nineteen year old can have sex with anyone, anytime and as often as she wants, then demand that those of us opposed to birth control pay for her bad habit, then the same must be true for smokers and their bad habit.
Smokers can get lung cancer, but they don’t infect others with a communicable disease that requires treatment. Smoking cigarettes doesn’t leave a fetus on the bathroom floor. Smoking cigareetes doesn’t alter a young man or women’s life forever ( as Mr. Obama said; ‘If my daughter makes a mistake, I don’t want her punished with a baby’).
Both bad habits are difficult to break. Both bad habits are considered an addiction. Both bad habits need to be paid for by the tax payers.
Oh, and Judge? Before you go off on a ‘second hand’ smoke lecture, you must outlaw ANY smoke anywhere…that would include pot. Apparently some of your ‘friends’ are of the belief that pot smoke won’t aggravate an asthmatic child or adult. I can only attribute such a foolish idea to individuals that have smoked pot and lost brain function.
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NoTimeLikePresent
Jul. 22, 2012 at 12:15pmSleeping with someone and getting pregnant isn’t a “mistake” …. .it’s a CONSEQUENCE… and it’s pretty bad if the Vacationer in Chief doesn’t know the difference. Even worse if we are not teaching our children the difference……..
The problem is that he doesn’t believe in consequences… he believes everyone should be able to do just about what they want WITHOUT bearing the consequences.
UNLESS, of course, you are financially successful in this country, and THEN you SHOULD bear the consequences of that!!!!!!
Probably is some parallel there……. in neither case did you get there without the support of someone else…………………….maybe THAT was what his speech was supposed to be about………..
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The-Monk
Jul. 19, 2012 at 8:12pmI wonder how Judge Urbom feels/thinks/rules about abortion.
His name could have been….. Judge Unborn.
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Altair
Jul. 19, 2012 at 8:05pm“Standing.” Same cowardly excuse 17 federal traitor judges have used to block eligibility lawsuits concerning the Manchurian Candidate’s ascension to the presidency.
Cowards, traitors, Democrats.
But then, I repeat myself.
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MODEL82A1
Jul. 19, 2012 at 8:03pmThe oft-overlooked but supposedly “co-equal” branch of the Federal Government called the Judicial Branch has been the first to be completely, and likely, Permanently, co-opted by the Radical Left. It was a brilliant piece of Under-the-RADAR Revolutionary Infiltration and Occupation. And at least half of all Americans are too stupid, mal-educated and ignorant to know ANYTHING about it.
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progressiveslayer
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:36pmThe only way to kill the Obama care tax is the trifecta of defeat the Marxist POS gain control of the senate and make gains in the house.If by some miracle the Marxist heathen wins the republicans will need a veto proof majority in both houses.
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SquidVetOhio
Jul. 20, 2012 at 12:47pmDon’t forget about the RINO’s. I trust about 3 GOP senators: DeMint, Rubio, Paul. The rest needs an eye on them at all times.
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cassandra
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:36pmare we ever going to get out of this PROGRESSIVE nightmare ? when you have judges taking STATES RIGHTS away
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AllLost
Jul. 19, 2012 at 8:37pmNo, it is here to stay. What we see now is the results of the great sin of slavery. It was the northern states claiming that the southern states had no right to secede that broke states sovereignty.
No I do not believe slavery should have remained legal, but I am pointing to the exact time our Constitution was broken and the Federal government destroyed state’s rights.
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madvlad
Jul. 19, 2012 at 9:07pmI’m afraid Allost has it right.
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raderby
Jul. 21, 2012 at 5:43amno, not here to stay, I think. The progs are close to running the whole thing into chaos and ruin – at which point, perhaps some non-progs will outlaw the progs out of existence. Count me in on that time. 100 years – and to think it started this time with Marx.
prog=commie=socialist=fascist=totalitarian maniac.
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9111315
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:33pmIf the issue is the rights of the citizens of a state, then the state does have standing.
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RealLiibertarian
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:53pmThe rights of the individual citizens are more important than the rights of the group, the religion, or the government.
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sawbuck
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:25pmI’m thinking that Judge Warren is one of George Soros’s lackeys ..
Another enemy is within the gates..
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Red Meat
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:25pmUrbom looks like a perv.
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Jeffersonian in CA
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:42pmHe does, doesn’t he…
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Southernsoul
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:20pmIts going to take generations to get all of the left-wing liberals out of our government. I only hope this country services long enough to see it happen. I have very serious doubts.
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muffythetuffy
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:31pmYou are mistaken. It will take a few years to round up all the Catholics and their supporters and shove them into FEMA camps. The operations plans are already written and military units are prepared for the interments. Hope to see you real soon at our FEMA center.
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Exrepublisheep
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:58pm@muffythetuffy. What are you talking about? Any proof or connections would be nice.
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jeanr
Jul. 19, 2012 at 8:11pmIsn’t the Catholic Church one of the biggest supporters of open borders and strong unions?
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UnGreen
Jul. 20, 2012 at 4:23pm@muffythetuffy…. Too much Alex Jones. Please show more respect to our troops and law enforcement. The military and law enforcement are patriots that take their oath seriously. I have been both and I still take my oath(s) seriously.
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CapitalismWorks
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:16pmUrbom is just the latest Roberts. C’mon Urbom, THINK FOR YOURSELF!
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muffythetuffy
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:27pmThe US Catholic Bishops backed the Democrat Party and even supported Obamacare after it was shown that abortion, death panels and birth control would be forced on the Roman Catholic Church. Even now the Catholic Church still supports Democrats and Obamacare. Catholic Priests who refuse to allow homosexual marriages in their churches will have their IRS tax exemption revoked, face fines, jail and sued out of existence. Catholic schools, universities and hospitals will be forced to close. Want to bet no Catholics dare come to the defense of their Church.
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by faith
Jul. 20, 2012 at 12:17pmWanta bet Muffy is not Catholic and has no idea what it is talking about
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AlabamaPatriot
Jul. 22, 2012 at 5:21pmMuffy old girl, you do not speak for the Catholics that I know. They are at the forefront of this battle for Liberty! When you speak without knowing what you are talking about then you show just how ignorant that you really are! Muffy You are very Ignorant and borderline Stupid. You are just as Bad as the Progressives that we must rid this country of! Have a Nice day you SFBDA! But seeing what you post I know that is not possible for a MORON!
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armyofnibiru
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:16pmthis judge is an idiot.how can anyone with a brain say that the people or orginazations that will be forced to pay for this have no standing.maybe we should tell them they have no standing to force us to follow their outlaw ruleings.
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muffythetuffy
Jul. 19, 2012 at 8:46pmIF WE REFUSE WHAT CAN THEY DO?
Remember that one man at Tenement Square in Peiking who single-handedly stopped a column of Chinese Army Tanks with his body. The officer in charge of those tanks did not know what to do. Those unjust Federal Judges and the Obama regime believe we will do what we always do, shrug our shoulders and climb back under our rocks. What if we said NO we won’t and no power on earth can make us.
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NHwinter
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:16pmThese Progressive Judges will pay a big price in the next life. “the states had no standing in the lawsuit, because they had failed to prove they would suffer immediate harm once the rule is enacted.” Would he feel that way if the muslims brought suit? What kind of harm is he talking about? Certainly moral harm will happen once the rule is enacted. “failed to show that a religious exemption written into the rule wouldn’t apply to them.” Really? If they have insurance that they provide, then the mandate does apply to them. Some organizations own their own insurance companies.
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RLTW
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:25pmProgressive judges are quickly proving themselves as antiquated POS.
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RealLiibertarian
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:51pm‘moral harm ‘— No such thing.
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Altair
Jul. 19, 2012 at 8:08pmRealLiibertarian
Posted on July 19, 2012 at 7:51pm
“‘moral harm ’— No such thing”
That may be true. For people like you with no morals.
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Mapache
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:13pmForget the religious institution exemption….what about the private business owner that is forced, in violation of their conscience, to provide health insurance that provides for abortions or contraception? The first amendment was written not only to prevent the government from interfering with the free exercise of religion of the churches but the individual believer as well.
WE WILL NOT SUBMIT. LIFE IS NOT NEGOTIABLE.
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DocScience
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:09pmPut not your trust in lawyers.
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HumbleMan
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:09pmIdiot … the exemption isn’t an exemption. They still have to pay the insurance company. Smoke and mirrors used against us again. These people take us for idiots.
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South Philly Boy
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:09pmGOP needs to KILL the TAX
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Legion5
Jul. 19, 2012 at 7:08pmb.o.h.i.c.a.
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Mapache
Jul. 19, 2012 at 8:00pmWe will not bend, we will not yield, we will not submit…
“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains or slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take but as for me; give me liberty or give me death!” PH.
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