13 Attorney Generals Threaten Lawsuits Over Senate Health Care Bribes
Posted by Jim Hoft on Thursday, December 31, 2009, 9:17 AM
America fights back…
Democrats spent $1.2 billion on bribes to buy off senators for their Obamacare vote on Christmas Eve.
Now 13 states are threatening to sue if the bribes to Senator Nelson are not struck from the bill.
FOX News reported:
Republican attorneys general in 13 states say congressional leaders must remove Nebraska’s political deal from the federal health care reform bill or face legal action, according to a letter provided to The Associated Press Wednesday.
“We believe this provision is constitutionally flawed,” South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster and the 12 other attorneys general wrote in the letter to be sent Wednesday night to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
“As chief legal officers of our states we are contemplating a legal challenge to this provision and we ask you to take action to render this challenge unnecessary by striking that provision,” they wrote.
In a rare Christmas Eve vote, Senate Democrats pushed sweeping health care legislation to the brink of Senate passage, crushing a year-end Republican filibuster against President Barack Obama’s call to remake the nation’s health care system. The 60-39 vote marked the third time in as many days Democrats posted a supermajority needed to advance the legislation.
The letter was signed by top prosecutors in Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Michigan, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington state. All are Republicans, and McMaster and the attorneys general of Florida, Michigan and Pennsylvania are running for governor in their respective states.
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Published May 23, 2012 at 11:51 pm - 59 Comments
aprilnovember811 commented:
What about the bribes to Louisiana, Blue Cross/Blue Shield that insures the UAW in MI, and possible other bribes?
Jolt-man commented:
Where is MO’s Mr. Koster? He does not mind payoffs to other states?
Plus, why has Claire – the useless – McCaskill not gotten MO’s Medicaid paid for with a vote getting deal? Claire wants to ruin our state budget and our healthcare system while rolling over and playing dead for Obama?
Joan of Argghh! commented:
“We believe this provision is constitutionally flawed,”
How about the provision that state-run health care doesn’t apply to members of Congress?
At any rate, at least they’ve found enough sack to protest something.
Militant Conservative commented:
And so it begins….. The unraveling of a serious threat to our constitution and capitalist way of life.
The states do not have to just “accept” an unfunded mandate from the Fed. We need a President that will fire Federal Justices like Thomas Jefferson did. Till then This will suffice to gum up the works.
LL commented:
Nullification by the states is the very best possible way at present to fight the draconian Federal Government. It’s not just healthcare. It’s the whole range of issues which violate Constitutionally guaranteed sovereignty of the respective states.
Sadly, I don’t expect to see bankrupt liberal California joining with anything – since it’s hoping (vain hope) for a federal handout to support it’s run-away hand outs.
Palinfan commented:
I don’t understand how suing to take some little part of this horrible bill down helps the rest of us.
palintologist commented:
One of the most interesting things I heard about the whole Demcare debacle was a gent who called his representative’s office (in Arkansas) and asked what the numbers were of people for/against that his office had logged. The staffer refused to provide the numbers and said the caller would have to submit a FOIA request! He’s going to. We all should — and let the findings go viral — and be enough of a travesty to recall all the congress critters who voted for it.
Craig Bardo commented:
Do those same attorneys general have standing to contest the provision that requires the purchase of insurance?
Jeff commented:
palinfan,
if the court strikes down one portion the whole bill is struck down … they can write a new one but that means more 60 vote chances to get a Dem to come to their senses …
Eric commented:
It’s Attorneys General, please, as in they are general attorneys, not attorneys that are generals.
Personally, as I feel the forced cooperation in the health care scheme is a violation of my individual rights as an American, I don’t intend to contribute to it. It may be legal for congress to turn America into a fascist state, but it isn’t within their power to make ME a slave of THEIR state. Just call me a conscientious objector to the health care funding draft.
Gus commented:
Hey California! Where are you? AG Jerry Brown, you are running for Gov too. We are watching.
Militant Conservative commented:
Palinfan, Jeff got it right. More happening that is not being reported. Chicago vs. Mcdonald is another case of brick by brick regaining some of our freedoms back.
This case uses the Heller decision (D.C. residents have a constitutional right to keep and bear arms).
Citizens of Chicago will get their gun rights back and next is New York and California. The Mcdonald case is slated for review by the Supreme court in Feb. with a ruling by June 2010. Precident was already set by the Heller decision, slam dunk.
Auntie Em commented:
They are not touching on the BIG issues of unconstitutionality in this bill. I expect they are trying the smaller things and leaving the bigger things for later. To tie it up.
I am glad they are doing something…anything to stop this monstrosity. It is clear that this Congress does not represent the People at ALL.
Dell commented:
The legislation has to be signed and become law before any serious Constitutional challenges to the various provisions can be crafted and filed.
As soon as O Bomber puts his autograph on that bill you can plan on seeing several OTHER challenges to what is obviously (IMHO) flawed law.
Several states are reviewing the bill now; trying to find out if they can actually afford it! And we certainly know that several – including Californicate – can’t. They’re at the head of the bail-out line and I expect the fraud in the White House to hand them about 20 BILLION of OUR dollars as one of his first orders of business next week. And all of this “gifting” will come without a vote in either the House or Senate. It’s the new “redistribution of wealth” he promised…and it sucks.
The Dictator does just as he pleases…and, until challenged, will continue to do so.
averagemelon commented:
We will continue using the law like civil people. When the law enforcers fail us, our options narrow. Pray for our states and support them openly against this takeover of our country.
Winefred commented:
Yes, Eric, yes! Join my crusade to put certain public officials back in their proper places. The plural of Attorney General is ‘Attorneys General’ — these people are NOT GENERALS OF ANYTHING. They are high-ranking attorneys with a general [as opposed to a 'specific'] area of authority and responsibility. I think it started with people calling John Ashcroft ‘General Ashcroft’ [CRINGE!!!!] — even people like Laura Ingraham who ought to know better. We give an Attorney General’s underlings titles like ‘District Attorney’, which is another way of saying ‘Attorney Specific’. Please — stop the madness!
Boogy commented:
Obummer and the Politics of Bribes — not the American voice. This is a garbage president.
Tim Hoft commented:
The Headline should read 13 Attorneys General don’t want poor people to have access to adequate health care.
Lenore commented:
Tim, How about interstate healthcare and tort reform, neither are in the bill. If they really wanted it to be affordable those would have been the two first things they did. They want control. Nothing less. The Bills introduced prove it.
Nathan R. Jessup commented:
Oh, come on people. Congress just wants what’s best for America:
http://the-raw-deal.com/2009/12/31/bribes-ben-and-back-room-politics/
Nathan R. Jessup
http://www.the-raw-deal.com
Finncrisp commented:
The ploy was just to get one step closer to the destruction of the best healthcare system in the world. If the deal falls through, who cares, they will just find another traitor to replace Nelson, Liberman, Landreiu, and whomever got something for nothing in exchange for their vote in the previous rounds. This is disgraceful and my hope is we get someone with proper standing to challenge this in the courts before the ink is dry from that Muslim stooge of a President
sandy commented:
The only thing we can do is keep our eyes on the prize in 10. Republicans can win both houses–fingers crosssed. The Dems have deficated all over themselves in their zeal to destroy our Healthcare system and there are many Constitutional issues which will be challenged said Mark Levin, talk show host and president of the Landmark Legal Counsel. The bill will need to be signed first and then the challenges will begin.
25 years ago the powers that bill decided to move Nuclear Waste to Nevada. They are still fighting this in the courts.
johnwk commented:
The following may be of interest to you :
Senator Harry Reid’s bribery violates rule of apportionment! (health care reform)
http://usafoundingfathers.blogspot.com/
Regards,
JWK