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Panich52

(5,829 posts) Tue Jun 9, 2015, 12:17 PM Jun 2015

GOP fears it will win ObamaCare court battle

The Hill

GOP fears it will win ObamaCare court battle

By Alexander Bolton

Republicans in Congress are worried the Supreme Court will hand them a major headache this month if it rules against the federal health insurance exchanges in more than 30 states, ending subsidies for millions of people.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/244369-gop-fears-it-will-win-obamacare-court-battle

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GOP fears it will win ObamaCare court battle (Original Post) Panich52 Jun 2015 OP

Republicans will be on the losing end if the court strikes down the subsidies. It will cost B Calm Jun 2015 #1

Now what? Xipe Totec Jun 2015 #2

Damnit Blue_Adept Jun 2015 #3

Some of those comments show how ignorant people are. B Calm Jun 2015 #4

I just read the comments (about 30 of them). Simply amazing. It reads like the... BlueJazz Jun 2015 #5

Yup...reading the comments at that site is similar to Yahoo. PearliePoo2 Jun 2015 #6

It is Because the site nadinbrzezinski Jun 2015 #7

Dumb Question: Can The Repugs Withdraw This Case From The Supreme Court?...... global1 Jun 2015 #8

There is no legitimate case, you know. dawg Jun 2015 #9

B Calm

(28,762 posts)

1. Republicans will be on the losing end if the court strikes down the subsidies. It will cost

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2015, 12:20 PM

Jun 2015

my wife and I health insurance and we do vote!

Xipe Totec

(43,888 posts)

2. Now what?

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2015, 12:23 PM

Jun 2015

Blue_Adept

(6,393 posts)

3. Damnit

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2015, 12:26 PM

Jun 2015

Got sucked into reading an article on The Hill and then saw the comments and couldn't look away, like a car wreck. what a disaster.

Makes me want to just get the hell out of dodge entirely.

B Calm

(28,762 posts)

4. Some of those comments show how ignorant people are.

Reply to Blue_Adept (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 9, 2015, 12:34 PM

Jun 2015

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

5. I just read the comments (about 30 of them). Simply amazing. It reads like the...

Reply to B Calm (Reply #4)

Tue Jun 9, 2015, 12:52 PM

Jun 2015

...worse part of freerepublic. Also "The Liberal media" ????????? What ?????

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)

6. Yup...reading the comments at that site is similar to Yahoo.

Reply to Blue_Adept (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 9, 2015, 12:59 PM

Jun 2015

You wish you'd never gone there. What a festering sewer of stupidity.

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)

7. It is Because the site

Reply to Blue_Adept (Reply #3)

Tue Jun 9, 2015, 01:18 PM

Jun 2015

is not moderated. Most news sites are not.

global1

(25,224 posts)

8. Dumb Question: Can The Repugs Withdraw This Case From The Supreme Court?......

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2015, 01:31 PM

Jun 2015

If they fear they will win - they lose. Can they cut there losses by withdrawing this case from SCOTUS? Just make it go away and let ACA stand as it was intended to be interpreted.

dawg

(10,621 posts)

9. There is no legitimate case, you know.

Reply to Panich52 (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2015, 01:37 PM

Jun 2015

Legislative intent could not be any more clear.

Ruling to strip those subsidies would completely de-legitimize the current Supreme Court. It would be senseless, after that, for Democratic leaning attorneys and judges to give their pronouncements any more consideration at all.

The Supreme Court doesn't have an army or a police force. The only real power it has is the willingness of lower courts to follow the precedents it sets.

But if it is nothing more than a branch of the Republican Party, to Hell with that.

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