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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: FJB who wrote (36409)	5/3/2014 2:05:33 AM
From: i-node	Respond to of 42652

If the Court doesn't kill Obamacare on the basis of this provision, there is no justice left at all. The Framers determined that tax bills have to originate in the House. They had their reasons but I don't think that matters. Not one word of the ACA originated in the House. And the Roberts Court determined it was a tax bill. Period, end of story. Now, proponents will come in and argue, "The Court determined it raised revenue but it isn't a tax bill. It is a health care bill that happened to raise 100s of billions in taxes." If the Origination Clause means anything at all the ACA will be struck down. If it isn't it is a clear case of politics -- and the political fear the conservative justices have of having the Court accused, once again, of politically motivated decisions. The DC Circuit isn't about to resolve this against the ACA. But the arguments will be a nice preview of an upcoming Supreme Court argument.