Today U.S. District Judge Robert Vinson ruled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare (well, not so popularly known as such among its rapidly dwindling supporters, so hammer down on that term), unconstitutional:
“While the individual mandate was clearly ‘necessary and essential’ to the act as drafted, it is not ‘necessary and essential’ to health care reform in general. Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire act must be declared void.”
The entire ruling is here. Some good early analysis is here.
This guarantees the U.S. Supreme Court showdown we’ve all suspected was inevitable, and it’s a big deal. “Judicial activism on steroids,” The Nation breathlessly, senselessly, and oh-so-satisfyingly bloviates.
Awful lot of holes in the dike, Mr. President. How many fingers do you have?
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Indeed, kemtee. Indeed.
It’s funny, you know, I thought the Bush administration’s policy when it came to criticism of its actions was much too passive. I wasn’t looking for rough-and-tumble, but a comment once in a while addressing some of the more ridiculous accusations would have been fine. Obama is definitely the anti-Bush when it comes to that. Go look at this White House blog. Does this seem presidential to you? Isn’t there something undignified about it? Shouldn’t the President of the United States be above this (and I know he didn’t write it personally, but it’s on his site, and that’s close enough)?
This is truly a horrible wonderland through which we’re wandering. I deeply hope we have sense enough to end it in 2012.