HAHAHA: Looks like the GOP lawsuit against Obama just ran into some BIG trouble.
Appeals Court Throws Out Obamacare Lawsuit Similar To House GOP Suit
BySAHIL KAPURPublishedSEPTEMBER 22, 2014, 4:55 PM EDT 2231 Views
A federal appeals court threw out a lawsuit by a group of conservative doctors who sued the Obama administration for violating the Obamacare statute by delaying the employer mandate.
A three-judge panel on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday unanimously affirmed a lower court decision that the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons lacked standing to sue because they failed to prove that the administration's move would harm them.
"In a market economy everything is connected to everything else through the price system. To allow a long, intermediated chain of effects to establish standing is to abolish the standing requirement as a practical matter," Judge Frank H. Easterbrook wrote for a three-judge panel of Republican appointees.
Notably, the lawsuit is similar to the one that the Republican-led House voted to authorize against Obama in July. GOP leaders say they plan to sue the president over the one-year delay of the employer mandate, although they've left some wiggle room to target another piece of Obamacare.
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