ObamaCare and its Death in Court — Severability
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Last time I checked, 33 states were in Court over a provision in ObamaCare. So what, right? Well, the fact that the Dems could not have a conference to make improvements in the Senate bill, by amendment or a House-Senate conference (because Senator McConnell, at the behest of Senator DeMint, objected to the appointment of theĀ conferees) there is no severability clause in the ObamaCare bill. This means that if one part of the law is deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, then the entire law becomes void. Justice will be done (finally and hopefully). The one thing that this avenue to the death of ObamaCare and its $2.5 trillion in spending depends on is simple: at least one provision in the bill be declared unconstitutional. The conventional wisdom is on the individual mandate provision, but with 33 states objecting in court to hundreds of provisions in the ObamaCarelaw, it will likely be something else. |