ext_284991 ([identity profile] gunslnger.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] talkpolitics2011-09-08 01:04 pm

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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.

[identity profile] yahvah.livejournal.com 2011-09-09 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] kylinrouge.livejournal.com 2011-09-09 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
No, I meant in the sense that we have THE USA instead of just a bunch of states that are loosely associated legally.

[identity profile] yahvah.livejournal.com 2011-09-09 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] kylinrouge.livejournal.com 2011-09-09 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't bring up anything about the articles of confederation, although I wouldn't be surprised if you advocated it.

[identity profile] yahvah.livejournal.com 2011-09-09 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
That's bizarre.