Showing posts with label Federal Judge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Federal Judge. Show all posts

Monday, January 31, 2011

Federal Judge Roger Vinson Rules Health Law Violates Constitution

Monday, January 31, 2011
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A second federal judge ruled on Monday that it was unconstitutional for Congress to enact a health care law that requires Americans to obtain commercial insurance, evening the score at two-to-two in the lower courts as the conflicting opinions begin their path to the Supreme Court... Judge Roger Vinson of Federal District Court in Pensacola, Fla., ruled that the law will remain in effect until all appeals are concluded, a process that could take two years. However, Judge Vinson determined that the entire law should fall if appellate courts agree with his opinion that the insurance requirement is invalid... In a 78-page opinion, Judge Vinson held that the insurance requirement exceeds the regulatory powers granted to Congress under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution...
Read the full report HERE
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And another card falls as the violin plays on...
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White House file photo by Samantha Appleton

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Federal Judge Sides With Congress... Says Lawmakers Can Subpoena Bush Administration Aides...

Federal Judge Sides With Congress...
Says Lawmakers Can Subpoena Bush Administration Aides...
And The Left Cheers Wildly For This Ruling That Will Produce Nothing...

Thursday, July 31, 2008
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FoxNews.com brings us this report this morning and it starts of like this...
A federal judge ruled Thursday that Bush administration advisers are not immune to congressional subpoenas... The decision gives Democrats on Capitol Hill a major victory in their attempts to hamstring the Bush administration through a number of ongoing investigations... In one of the probes, the House Judiciary Committee wants to question the president's chief of staff, Josh Bolten, and former legal counsel Harriet Miers, about the firing of nine U.S. attorneys. Congress has subpoenaed them both, and issued contempt citations... But President Bush says the two are immune from such subpoenas and Congress can't force them to testify or turn over documents... U.S. District Judge John Bates disagreed...
Read the rest
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* CNN.com has this take on the story...

White House aides not immune from subpoenas, judge says

Photo Credit: Beverly Rezneck from DCD.USCourts.gov website
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More to come out on this story, I’m sure...
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