Little-Acorn
02-08-2011, 12:49 PM
Last week a Federal District court ruled the Obama administration in contempt of court after it struck down an unconstitutional ban on offshore oil drilling, and then the White House reinstated the same ban anyway, with almost identical language.
A Federal District court also struck down the Obamacare law as unconstitutional last week. But yesterday, White House spokeshole Robert Gibbs announced they would keep implementing it anyway.
Some folks apparently take a lot of learnin' before they get the message.
Didn't the Declaration of Independence mention situations like this, where government refuses to obey the law? Remind me again what remedy the DOI then perscribed? It referred to that remedy as our "duty", in fact.
Keep in mind that the Declaration, which was the first law ever passed in the new United States of America, is still in full legal force.
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http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/administration-implement-obamacare-despi
White House Says It Will Implement ObamaCare Despite Judge's Declaration that His Ruling Against It Is 'Equivalent of Injunction'
by Fred Lucas
Monday, February 07, 2011
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs answers questions at a daily press briefing. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Washington (CNSNews.com) – White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs told CNSNews.com today that the administration will "rightly" continue to implement the Obamacare law even though the federal judge who sided with 26 states in declaring it unconstitutional said that his ruling was “the functional equivalent of an injunction” against the law.
In his ruling last week, Judge Roger Vinson of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida wrote that in his opinion an injunction is an extraordinary measure, particularly when a ruling is against the federal government.
The ruling said an injunction would be an extraordinary measure. “It is even more so when the party to be enjoined is the federal government, for there is a long-standing presumption ‘that officials of the Executive Branch will adhere to the law as declared by the court. As a result, the declaratory judgment is the functional equivalent of an injunction,’” it said.
A Federal District court also struck down the Obamacare law as unconstitutional last week. But yesterday, White House spokeshole Robert Gibbs announced they would keep implementing it anyway.
Some folks apparently take a lot of learnin' before they get the message.
Didn't the Declaration of Independence mention situations like this, where government refuses to obey the law? Remind me again what remedy the DOI then perscribed? It referred to that remedy as our "duty", in fact.
Keep in mind that the Declaration, which was the first law ever passed in the new United States of America, is still in full legal force.
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http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/administration-implement-obamacare-despi
White House Says It Will Implement ObamaCare Despite Judge's Declaration that His Ruling Against It Is 'Equivalent of Injunction'
by Fred Lucas
Monday, February 07, 2011
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs answers questions at a daily press briefing. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Washington (CNSNews.com) – White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs told CNSNews.com today that the administration will "rightly" continue to implement the Obamacare law even though the federal judge who sided with 26 states in declaring it unconstitutional said that his ruling was “the functional equivalent of an injunction” against the law.
In his ruling last week, Judge Roger Vinson of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida wrote that in his opinion an injunction is an extraordinary measure, particularly when a ruling is against the federal government.
The ruling said an injunction would be an extraordinary measure. “It is even more so when the party to be enjoined is the federal government, for there is a long-standing presumption ‘that officials of the Executive Branch will adhere to the law as declared by the court. As a result, the declaratory judgment is the functional equivalent of an injunction,’” it said.