U.S. judge rules Republicans can pursue Obamacare lawsuit

[IDemo]

Source: Reuters

A U.S. judge said on Wednesday congressional Republicans could move forward with parts of a lawsuit that alleges executive overreach by President Barack Obama's administration in implementing his signature healthcare law.

U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer, appointed by former President George W. Bush, a Republican, said the House of Representatives has standing to pursue claims that the secretaries of health and human services and of the Treasury violated the Constitution by spending funds Congress did not appropriate.

At the same time, Collyer determined they could not pursue claims that the Treasury secretary improperly amended the healthcare law, as those concerned only the implementation of a statute and not adherence to any congressional requirement.

Collyer did not rule on the merits of the claims, only on the administration's motion to dismiss the lawsuit on the issue of standing, a requirement in U.S. law whereby plaintiffs have to show they have been directly harmed.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/09/us-usa-healthcare-idUSKCN0R92M720150909

[Fred Sanders]

1. Reuters could not add "part of" the Obamacare lawsuit to the misleading headline they correct in the first article body sentence?

Or "Court blocks Obamacare lawsuit", the major part of it all?

[StoneCarver]

2. I'm so sick of this

Just give us single payer and we'll work with it. Expand Medicare every year until it covers everyone. The Dems caved and co-opted the Heritage Foundation idea and re-branded as Obamacare/ACA. When will it end? Can you imagine Hillary Clinton proposing Newt's healthcare plan (back when she was trying to reform healthcare) and calling it a democratic idea? We've been played people.!
Stonecarver

[pnwmom]

4. Don't you get it? We barely got the ACA passed. We couldn't have gotten single payer

passed the Rethugs. We couldn't even get a public option once Ted Kennedy died and was replaced by a Rethug.

[karynnj]

6. In fact, even before Kennedy died we couldn't get the public option

we could not lose even one Democrat - and Lieberman, Lincoln, and others were on record against it. But, your point is incredibly well taken.

As to single payer, Bernie Sanders spoke then of having only about 10 Senators behind it. (Note I assume that includes Kennedy, Dodd and Kerry ... and likely Harkin - all gone from the Senate. )

[Spitfire of ATJ]

9. As President he would go on TV and get the public to call their representatives....

We may see a major swing in congress with this next election too as Republicans have more seats to defend than Democrats.

[karynnj]

10. No one is predicting we end up with the 60 we had briefly in 2009.

Consider we start at 46 -- that means a net gain of 14.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

11. We all know the filibuster rules need to change.

[karynnj]

12. True, but it seems tough to even take the Senate at all, much less get much margin

I don't agree often with Larry Sabato - he is pretty far to my right and pretty "Southern", but this looks reasonable to me.

http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2016-senate/ ( i really do hope that Stricland can win Ohio though)

[Spitfire of ATJ]

14. The Republicans are going to make this election all about the end of white male rule....

I wouldn't be surprised to see their guy smoking a pipe in a lazyboy with the dog at his feet and the wife bringing them a beer as the kids are doing their homework.

[pnwmom]

15. Dream on. n/t

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. Stranger things have happened.....

Okay,....granted,....maybe not THAT strange....

[cheapdate]

19. Robert Byrd had to wheel himself into the Senate near midnight

to add his vote to the motion for cloture.

[former9thward]

18. You mean the Ted Kennedy who rejected health care for all in 1971

when Nixon proposed it He rejected it because the labor unions wanted even more.

Asked about his greatest regret as a legislator, Ted Kennedy would usually cite his refusal to cut a deal with Richard Nixon on health care.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/27/AR2009082703919.html

[murielm99]

3. How many more times do we have to go through this?

[a kennedy]

5. bout puked on this one......AGAIN.......UGH. eom

[turbinetree]

7. How much of this nonsense has cost ......................

the taxpayers of this country with this stuff------------------let's go judge shopping and see if we can file suit against the right wing congress, that's about what it amounts too with these right wingers -------------judge shopping


I mean really does anyone know how much this has cost the taxpayers?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

8. This is Republican Viagra.

[Gregorian]

13. Not a productive pursuit.

Remind me why we pay for representatives who are trying to decrease the hard earned quality of this country. They're un-American.

[blackspade]

16. Shit, here we go again....