Wisconsin senator loses appeal of Obamacare lawsuit

[Panich52]

Source: Reuters

By Jonathan Stempel

(Reuters) - A federal appeals court has rejected Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson's effort to stop members of Congress and their staffs from getting health insurance subsidies under President Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare law.

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago said Johnson lacked legal standing to sue because he did not show he had been injured by the "special treatment" he claimed Obamacare gave senators, representatives and their staff.

Tuesday's decision by a unanimous three-judge panel upheld a July 2014 ruling by U.S. District Judge William Griesbach in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Johnson, a Republican, said he will review the decision before deciding whether to appeal.

"With this decision today, another executive action by the administration will go unchallenged," he said in a statement.



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[Thinkingabout]

1. POOR BABY. Well, another hurdle for Obamacare.

[TexasTowelie]

2. Idiot. The administration's action did go challenged.

However, he lost.

[rpannier]

13. He seems confused on the difference between unchallenged and loser

But, I guess when you are a loser, it's natural to deflect

[tomsaiditagain]

3. I love it when the political pigs whine

and that "especially" goes for Wisconsin's political pigs.

[cosmicone]

4. awwwwwwwwwww ... baby got a booboo

here play with this Kochroach and smile ...

[alterfurz]

5. RoJo the Clueless Clown...

...is obsessed with Obamacare, describing it as "the greatest single assault on our freedom in my lifetime."
Move over, 9/11--nothing compares to the horror of affordable health insurance!

[demosincebirth]

6. What a waste of time when other issues are more important. Obsession is also a mental illnes

[Scuba]

7. Sunspot Johnson is an unbelievable moron.

He make Sarah Palin look like a Rhodes scholar.

[cstanleytech]

8. I dont get it, how exactly does he even figure it went unchallenged when he just challenged it?

[NBachers]

9. How do these people get elected?

[cstanleytech]

10. Combo of lots of money and idiots who are willing to vote for them. nt

[Lefta Dissenter]

11. Money and lies (n/t)

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

15. Dumb people get elected by other dumb people (they could have a beer with him!!!)

[BumRushDaShow]

12. How was this "unchallenged"

when the dumbass has already "challenged" it twice in the courts (and lost)?

Johnson doesn't even care whether what he says sounds stupid.

[midnight]

14. Good.

[Monk06]

16. Standing just means demonstrable harm. If you haven't been personally injured you have no grounds

to sue. You can't sue in federal court because you don't like some vague shit that is happening around you.