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[gunslnger.livejournal.com]

Federal appeals court blocks state lawsuit over health care reform law

...the three-judge panel concluded Thursday the state lacks the jurisdictional authority to challenge the 2010 law.

A separate lawsuit by private Liberty University also was rejected on similar grounds.

This leaves the question of who the hell does have standing?

The Richmond-based court becomes the second such federal court to uphold the constitutionality of ...

The court ruled on technical grounds, not the larger constitutional questions...

Who is worse, the reporter that writes self-contradicting articles, or the editor who lets it through to print?

I can't put my opinion on here, because I'm asking questions I don't actually know the answer to.

Comments

[kylinrouge.livejournal.com]

It's not a contradiction, but whatever. The constitution is not a really good document in general, I'll agree with you that the 10th Amendment is generally interpreted pretty broadly.

However, as it stands it doesn't have this glaring flaw that you imagine it to have. It just doesn't make sense to have a loose confederation of states that govern themselves. It made sense before we could communicate efficiently, because we needed local governments to enact country-wide legislation, but not now. We're not these isolated pockets of communities or cultures anymore.

[yahvah.livejournal.com]

I disagree. It makes perfect sense to have the states govern how they build their infrastructure and deal with day-to-day life since they have all of their local matters to deal with. It also makes perfect sense for the federal government to have the power to protect the individual's liberty and life.

[kylinrouge.livejournal.com]

No, I meant in the sense that we have THE USA instead of just a bunch of states that are loosely associated legally.

[yahvah.livejournal.com]

Ok, then I guess I'm not sure why you brought up something about the articles of confederation, if that's what your intent was.

[kylinrouge.livejournal.com]

I didn't bring up anything about the articles of confederation, although I wouldn't be surprised if you advocated it.

[yahvah.livejournal.com]

That's bizarre.