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Gibbs: ‘Unconstitutional’ Ruling Will Have ‘No Practical Impact’ on ObamaCare
- Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:33pm by
Meredith Jessup
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The White House is rebuffing a U.S. District Judge‘s ruling that the new mandates included in Democrats’ landmark health care overhaul legislation over-extend the constitutional powers delegated to the federal government. The Obama administration is promising to appeal the decision and during a Tuesday press briefing, press secretary Robert Gibbs said the judge’s ruling will have “no practical impact at all as states move forward in… implementing the law that Congress passed and the President signed.”
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Comments (56)
LibertysSon
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:08amEveryday he is more out of touch with reality! What a joke this administration has become!!! lol
Report Post »JesseJames
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:02amWhat next, a mandate requiring everyone one to buy a new car??????
Report Post »HuskerVet
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:51amThis scenario is exactly what‘s so Eff’d up with the Leftist Progressives. Constitution be damned, they’ll do what ever it takes to accomplish their agenda. “Rules” and “Laws” are for others, and just get it the way.
Report Post »Star Spangled
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:47amoh i think it will have a huge impact on how the states move forward , they won’t accept it .
Report Post »momsense
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:43amDo these a**holes really believe that they are above the law or is the fix in?
Report Post »citygirl56
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:37amThis is clearly unconstitutional, But the question is, Will this socialist president push his agenda through the courts? How much of the courts does Soros and Obama own???
Report Post »PA PATRIOT
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:36amMr. Gibbs,
Report Post »What are you smoking? Why do you think they call it “DOPE”
Arrogant SOB
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Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:10amGibbs is an idiot. This is only the start of it and yes it will have an impact on Obamacare, hopefully stopping it in it’s tracks.
Report Post »xm-1774u
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:08ami will not comply !bring it on it wont be pretty
Report Post »wash1776
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 7:57amNOT with ALL OF YOU COMMUNISTS RUNNING THINGS. YOU ARE ALL A DISGRACE IN THE WHITE HOUSE!
Report Post »Colonial Revolutionary
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 7:53amAnd anything Bagdad Bob say’s is relevent why?
Report Post »benrush
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 7:10amWho needs judges? We the people can see it plain as the nose on our face! The damn bill is totally unconstitutional and they can kiss my grits.
Report Post »psykeskaos
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 7:04amThe Constitution is written for the purpose of limiting government’s power. It is actually most unconstitutional to extend more power to the government and the presidency. If this keeps up we should be able to wave the original and say hey, we do not HAVE to comply. In truth the same COULD be said of the Income Tax act that Wilson shoved down American throats. That was the original breach of the Constitution. And damn skippy, any Act can be repealed simply because of how it was written.
Report Post »These men were geniuses of their time, I am sure they considered how the Constitution could be changed in a way that destroys freedom.
glenng2
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 6:56amWell gibbs it really dosent matter it may take 2 more years but it will be repealed!
Report Post »lel2007
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 6:54am“If the gate’s closed, you go over the fence. If the fence is too high, we’ll pole-vault in. If that doesn’t work, we’ll parachute in. But we’re going to get … ” ~ Nancy Pelosi
Report Post »emertz8413
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 6:46amAnd this is the smartest person ever to be in this position – hahahahahaha
Report Post »ULYSSESG
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 6:24amDumbass…..this dude is a IDIOT
Report Post »G.W. Dobbs
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 4:26pmarrogant, too.
Report Post »RodgerC
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:17pmReminds me of Bagdad Bob
Report Post »diesel49
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 6:18amI believe this whole administration is unconstitutional, mr. gibbsYour boss,bo, has more czars than anyone can count, you guys send thousand page bills thru congress to be voted on without people reading them. You sue states for trying to do the job your admin. is suppose to o with imigration, If any thing your whole crew in DC need to be rounded up and tried for treason, the consitution sets how the gov. is to run and you sob have distroyed it. Your admin. is a disgrace and illegal.
Report Post »Living In NYC
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 5:49amBobbie please go back to Chicago and run for Dead Fish’s Dog Catcher.
Report Post »tbear44
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 5:33amWhat ever comes out of Gibbs’ pie-hole you can pretty much take it to the bank that it’s a load of crap.
Report Post »phil1765
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 5:01amSorry Gman, but some people in this country still think that our GOVERNMENT should be bound by the constitution. I know the prez and all his minions could give two $%^&@ about the constitution, but it is not up to YOUR interpretation.
Report Post »Rights of Man
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 3:36amThey repeal it, or the country falls. If Americans allow this to stick it will be just a matter of time before the entire house of cards comes crashing down. This country, and many of its people, will not survive this collectivist nightmare.
ObamaCare is a Trojan Horse designed to destroy private health insurance and usher in a single-payer system, aka socialized medicine.
It will destroy this Republic, guaranteed. How do I know? Because that is exactly what the Progressives want to happen, and it is a pattern that has been repeated many times in human history.
You and your family are indeed doomed if this sticks. Just imagine what the quality of health care will be like under the thumb of civil servants.
Ever been to the DMV?
How much do you suppose these civil servants will care about you or your loved ones’ health and well-being? YOU are not paying the bill anymore. YOU have no recourse if they screw up and harm or kill you. What are you going to do about it? Who are you going to sue? The ‘kind-hearted’ government goons? Forget about it. You will take what they give you, and like it. This is stone-cold tyranny, as good as it gets.
This will spell the end of America and Americans as you have known them both. One generation having been raised with the ‘all-powerful‘ government ’taking care of’ their bodies and the idea of individual freedom and property rights is but a distant memory; a tale told by old and bitter “Tea Party” members.
Mark my words, this is checkmate if it isn’t repealed. When the light of human freedom goes out in the United States the whole world goes dark–it is inevitable; it is natural.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 9:43amYou are 100% correct.
Might I suggest something for consideration?
If this somehow “passes” constitutional muster, we’ll know that the fix is in, since it is clearly, glaringly unconstitutional to even a reader with modest comprehension skills. So if it passes, why not simply refuse to comply? Don’t “report” your insurance status, if you don‘t have insurance don’t buy it, and further, don’t pay any fines levied for failure to comply.
It’s a risky strategy. But if enough of us do it, we can overwhelm THEIR system through peaceful non-compliance. Frankly put, they cannot put 1/2 of America in jail, especially not the productive half that is their tax base.
Something to consider. We need to start a No Consent movement the moment it appears that Obama has strong armed or threatened enough people to make this magically “pass” Constitutional muster. And once we start it, we need to spread the word like wildfire.
No consent, no compliance, no surrender. Lives, fortunes and sacred honor, brother.
Report Post »twofoot_trucker
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:20amGhost, regarding your comment, “…since it is clearly, glaringly unconstitutional to even a reader with modest comprehension skills…”
THAT was the overarching genius of the founding fathers. It wasn’t just that they put together something the world had never seen. It wasn’t that they built a country that made it possible to go from Kill Devil Hills to walking on the moon in less than 70 years. It was that they wrote the Constitution in a manner that the common man of the day could read it and understand it, with no interpretation needed.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:27am@Trucker
Indeed. There are more words in a Toyota owner’s manual than there are in the Constitution, and it’s much clearer to boot (not being written in Jenglish). :)
Report Post »drajhil
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 1:21pmAre you out of your mind? Have you experienced healthcare under our private insurance sytem: the arbitrary rate hikes, denial of payment, recision of coverage …? Do you seriously want to have insurance company bean counters call the shots in order to maximize corporate profits? if so, you’re either remarkably ignorant, abysmally stupid, or both!
Report Post »milo
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 2:54amGibbsy! I think you are completely wrong. Complete de-funding is right around the corner.
Report Post »Jsh1284
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 2:20amOh .. it’s unconstitutional to repeal a bill? NICE! I‘m pretty sure that’s false.So, how is it constitutional to extend EXTRA power to a president? Furthermore, in order to circumvent the legislative process? Very interesting logic there, liberals!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on December 16, 2010 at 7:03pmWith George Kingfish Stevens in the White House and his A.G. Algonquin J. Calhoun, do we stand a chance?
Report Post »tothestars2
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 2:15amthe shoe is on the other foot
Report Post »Kaen
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:57amI say the states Govenors should just stand up and say “We the state of ….. Will not comply with this mandate”. Simply not, as each individual state, not do what it is ComradeObamaCare says to do.
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:21amMr. Gibbs is a constitutional scholar? http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 10:23amAfter trashing the Constitution almost 2 years, why would you expect Mr. Obama to be constrained by the Constitution now? There is only one solution. Throw the rascals out. http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »PuddinSkins
Posted on December 15, 2010 at 11:41pmThere are 3 branches of government, the legislative branch will kill this when it gets to them. He will probably say the same thing when the Supreme Court upholds the federal judges decision, they don’t respect how the government is setup, this means they don’t respect you.
Report Post »kindling
Posted on December 16, 2010 at 6:22pmWhat do we expect from Progresives, if it doesn’t work for them it is irrevelant…….”What constitution?’.
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