I hope the Boehner lawsuit wins

[bluestateguy]

Restore the original deadline for the Obamacare employer mandate? Ok! Sounds good to me! It never should have been delayed in the first place.

These businesses need to start contributing and comply with the law now.

[Swede Atlanta]

1. Have you ever owned or managed a business?

What Obama did with adjusting the deadline was to acknowledge the implementation of the ACA is big. Even though companies have had several years to prepare there are some companies, especially the smaller ones, who have struggled to understand what they need to do and get it done.

I have no problem with Obama doing some "tweaking" on dates and things if the actions don't undermine or impede progress. The enabling legislation should have provided the Administration with explicit latitude to adjust specific aspects of the law to take account of the implementation process. Apparently it didn't.

I absolutely want businesses that are "covered" by the law to comply. But I am willing to give them time to comply in a way that minimizes disruption to their business or could drive them to take decisions such as laying off workers because the law is so complex. If you recall there were many that said the law would ensure that many businesses with less than 50 workers would never hire the 50th worker and those with say 60 or 70 would lay off enough to come under the threshold.

[MohRokTah]

2. RIDICULOUS!

The new deadline is January 1, 2015.

By the time the lawsuit winds its way through the courts, there will be days left until that date.

[Swede Atlanta]

3. They haven't even filed the lawsuit yet.......

Even if it is filed it will go to a U.S. District Court judge. There will be the usual pre-trial motions, etc. followed by discovery, etc.

I doubt it would even be heard by the District Court until mid-2015. Appeals would then first go to the D.C. Circuit Court and that process could last up to 12-18 months. Only then would the SCOTUS take this on a writ of certiorari.

This case, even if it goes forward is not intended to get "relief" because they know the legal process doesn't move quickly and BO would likely be out of office before a final decision was taken.

This is intended either to dampen demands for impeachment or to drum up voters and $$$ for the 2014 midterms. I think it is the latter.

[MohRokTah]

4. I doubt it will survive the first motion.

The motion by the defense to dismiss on the grounds of a lack of standing.