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In reply to the discussion: Why the Supreme Court Should Kill ‘Obamacare’ [View all]pampango
(24,692 posts)40. Check out the "friend of the court" briefs (record number) in this case. Who's for and who's against
http://go.bloomberg.com/health-care-supreme-court/2012-03-01/health-care-primary-sources-statutes-court-opinions-briefs/
Merits Briefs for the Petitioners
Brief of the Department of Health and Human Services et al. regarding the Minimum Coverage Provision
Brief for the Department of Health and Human Services et al. regarding the Anti-Injunction Act
Reply Brief for the Petitioners on the Anti-Injunction Act
Amicus Briefs in Support of the Petitioners
Brief for AARP
Brief for American Nurses Association et al.
Brief for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Brief for Constitutional Law and Economics Professors
Brief for 104 Health Law Professors
Brief for Constitutional Law Scholars
Brief for Child Advocacy Organizations
Brief for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. et al.
Brief for the California Endowment
Brief for the National Womens Law Center et al.
Brief for Prescription Policy Choices et al.
Brief for the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action et al.
Brief for Health Care For All et al.
Brief for California Public Employees Retirement System
Brief for Law Professors Barry Friedman et al.
Brief for Lambda Legal Defense Fund, et al,
Brief for David R. Riemer and Community Advocates
Brief for Department of Health and Human Services et al.
Brief for the Governor of Washington Christine Gregoire
Brief for Health Care Policy History Scholars
Brief for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid et al.
Brief for Small Business Majority Foundation, INC and the Main Street Alliance
Brief for State Legislators
Brief for the States of Maryland et al.
Brief for Service Employees International Union and Change to Win
Brief for Economic Scholars
Brief for the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations
Merits Briefs for the Respondents
Brief for the State Respondents on the Anit-Injunction Act
Brief for Private Respondents on the Anti-Injunction Act
Brief for the State Respondents on the Minimum Coverage Provision
Brief for Private Respondents on the Minimum Coverage Provision
Reply Brief for State Respondents on the Anti-Injunction Act
Amicus Briefs Supporting the Respondents
Brief for Citizens Council for Health Freedom
Brief for the Cato Institute et al.
Brief for Association of American Physicians And Surgeons, inc., and Individual Physicians
Brief for Judicial Watch, Inc.
Brief for American Catholic Lawyers Association, Inc.
Brief for the American Center for Law and Justice et al.
Brief for the American Legislative Exchange Council
Brief for American College of Pediatricians et al.
Brief for the American Civil Rights Union et al.
Brief for the Cato Institute
Brief for Gary Lawson et al.
Brief for the Catholic Vote and Steven J. Willis
Brief for Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence et al.
Brief for Citizens and Legislators in the Fourteen Health Care Freedom States
Brief for Citizens Council for Health Freedom
Brief for the Commonwealth of Virginia Ex Rel. Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli
Brief for Docs4patientcare et al.
Brief for Employer Solutions Staffing Group
Brief for Egon Mittelmann, Esq.
Brief for Former U.S. Department Officials
Brief for the Foundation for Moral Law
Brief for HSA Coalition, Inc. and the Constitution Defense Fund
Brief for John Boehner
Brief for the Landmark Legal Foundation
Brief for Liberty Legal Foundation
Brief for Members of the United States Senate
Brief for the Mountain States Legal Foundation
Brief for Oklahoma
Brief for Partnership for America
Brief for the Rutherford Institute
Brief for Senator Rand Paul
Brief for Stephen M. Trattner
Brief for the Thomas More Law Center et al.
Brief for Virginia Delegate Bob Marshall et al.
Brief for the Washington Legal Foundation and Constitutional Law Scholars
Brief for Authors of Origins of The Necessary and Proper Clause and the Independence Institute
Brief for Economists
Brief for the Independent Womens Forum
Brief for the Tax Foundation
Brief for the Missouri Attorney General
Brief for Montana Shooting Sports Association
Brief for the American Life League
Brief for the Caesar Rodney Institute
Brief for Liberty University, Inc. et al.
Brief for Project Liberty
Amicus Briefs Supporting Neither Party
Brief for the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati regarding minimum coverage
Merits Briefs for Court-Appointed Amicus regarding the Anti-Injunction Act
Brief supporting vacatur
Amicus Briefs Supporting the Court- Appointed Amicus
Brief for Tax Law Professors
Brief for Mortimer Caplin and Sheldon Cohen
Amicus Briefs Supporting the Respondent regarding the Anti-Injunction Act
Brief for the Liberty University, Inc. et al.
Brief for the Cato Institute
Brief for the American Center for Law & Justice
Brief for Center for the Fair Administration of Taxes
Merits Briefs for the Petitioners
Brief of the Department of Health and Human Services et al. regarding the Minimum Coverage Provision
Brief for the Department of Health and Human Services et al. regarding the Anti-Injunction Act
Reply Brief for the Petitioners on the Anti-Injunction Act
Amicus Briefs in Support of the Petitioners
Brief for AARP
Brief for American Nurses Association et al.
Brief for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Brief for Constitutional Law and Economics Professors
Brief for 104 Health Law Professors
Brief for Constitutional Law Scholars
Brief for Child Advocacy Organizations
Brief for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. et al.
Brief for the California Endowment
Brief for the National Womens Law Center et al.
Brief for Prescription Policy Choices et al.
Brief for the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action et al.
Brief for Health Care For All et al.
Brief for California Public Employees Retirement System
Brief for Law Professors Barry Friedman et al.
Brief for Lambda Legal Defense Fund, et al,
Brief for David R. Riemer and Community Advocates
Brief for Department of Health and Human Services et al.
Brief for the Governor of Washington Christine Gregoire
Brief for Health Care Policy History Scholars
Brief for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid et al.
Brief for Small Business Majority Foundation, INC and the Main Street Alliance
Brief for State Legislators
Brief for the States of Maryland et al.
Brief for Service Employees International Union and Change to Win
Brief for Economic Scholars
Brief for the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations
Merits Briefs for the Respondents
Brief for the State Respondents on the Anit-Injunction Act
Brief for Private Respondents on the Anti-Injunction Act
Brief for the State Respondents on the Minimum Coverage Provision
Brief for Private Respondents on the Minimum Coverage Provision
Reply Brief for State Respondents on the Anti-Injunction Act
Amicus Briefs Supporting the Respondents
Brief for Citizens Council for Health Freedom
Brief for the Cato Institute et al.
Brief for Association of American Physicians And Surgeons, inc., and Individual Physicians
Brief for Judicial Watch, Inc.
Brief for American Catholic Lawyers Association, Inc.
Brief for the American Center for Law and Justice et al.
Brief for the American Legislative Exchange Council
Brief for American College of Pediatricians et al.
Brief for the American Civil Rights Union et al.
Brief for the Cato Institute
Brief for Gary Lawson et al.
Brief for the Catholic Vote and Steven J. Willis
Brief for Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence et al.
Brief for Citizens and Legislators in the Fourteen Health Care Freedom States
Brief for Citizens Council for Health Freedom
Brief for the Commonwealth of Virginia Ex Rel. Attorney General Kenneth T. Cuccinelli
Brief for Docs4patientcare et al.
Brief for Employer Solutions Staffing Group
Brief for Egon Mittelmann, Esq.
Brief for Former U.S. Department Officials
Brief for the Foundation for Moral Law
Brief for HSA Coalition, Inc. and the Constitution Defense Fund
Brief for John Boehner
Brief for the Landmark Legal Foundation
Brief for Liberty Legal Foundation
Brief for Members of the United States Senate
Brief for the Mountain States Legal Foundation
Brief for Oklahoma
Brief for Partnership for America
Brief for the Rutherford Institute
Brief for Senator Rand Paul
Brief for Stephen M. Trattner
Brief for the Thomas More Law Center et al.
Brief for Virginia Delegate Bob Marshall et al.
Brief for the Washington Legal Foundation and Constitutional Law Scholars
Brief for Authors of Origins of The Necessary and Proper Clause and the Independence Institute
Brief for Economists
Brief for the Independent Womens Forum
Brief for the Tax Foundation
Brief for the Missouri Attorney General
Brief for Montana Shooting Sports Association
Brief for the American Life League
Brief for the Caesar Rodney Institute
Brief for Liberty University, Inc. et al.
Brief for Project Liberty
Amicus Briefs Supporting Neither Party
Brief for the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati regarding minimum coverage
Merits Briefs for Court-Appointed Amicus regarding the Anti-Injunction Act
Brief supporting vacatur
Amicus Briefs Supporting the Court- Appointed Amicus
Brief for Tax Law Professors
Brief for Mortimer Caplin and Sheldon Cohen
Amicus Briefs Supporting the Respondent regarding the Anti-Injunction Act
Brief for the Liberty University, Inc. et al.
Brief for the Cato Institute
Brief for the American Center for Law & Justice
Brief for Center for the Fair Administration of Taxes
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I agree, I think think there's going to be one hell of a backlash they just don't see coming,
mother earth
Mar 2012
#140
It's not a public option pool. It's a private for-profit insurance industry pool.
Better Believe It
Mar 2012
#11
It is already in place. It is being funded by people choosing the public option.
joshcryer
Mar 2012
#20
So "It is already in place" Please post the fee and benefit schedule for it.
Better Believe It
Mar 2012
#56
I see you edited your post. I did not, in fact, say it was single payer. You were talking about...
joshcryer
Mar 2012
#22
I didn't claim you said it was a single payer system. I quoted the doctors press release.
Better Believe It
Mar 2012
#55
"Please stop the right wing rhetoric" Why do you think the doctors organization is right-wing?
Better Believe It
Mar 2012
#57
How does one build on something the insurance industry and big pharma have a legal lock on?
Better Believe It
Mar 2012
#76
If the ACA is overturned Dems won't even think about National Healthcare for 50 more years.
JoePhilly
Mar 2012
#46
Bullshit, for no other reason than the cartel cannot survive 50 years with their current model
TheKentuckian
Mar 2012
#77
Of course it can't, but in the intrim people will die and suffer miserably. We agree.
joshcryer
Mar 2012
#115
Proping it up to try and get a couple generations out of it, has no costs?
TheKentuckian
Mar 2012
#136
How many Democratic Senators would you need in the Senate to get 60 votes for single payer?
Better Believe It
Mar 2012
#23
Single Payer is supposedly very popular among the public (so we keep hearing)
Proud Liberal Dem
Mar 2012
#25
Why won't Democratic Senators even co-sponsor Senator Sanders single payer bill?
Better Believe It
Mar 2012
#60
Probably because most know/knew it's not going anywhere right now (and not even 2009-2011)
Proud Liberal Dem
Mar 2012
#84
It was the extreme left that guaranteed that Roosevelt had to come up with something
eridani
Mar 2012
#99
Obama will make mincemeat of Mitt on health care no matter what the court decides
eridani
Mar 2012
#121
And how many Democrats are needed in the Senate to pass Medicare for All? 51? 60? 70? More?
Better Believe It
Mar 2012
#27
It could take generations to achieve single payer if the insurance industry law is allowed to stand.
Better Believe It
Mar 2012
#101
That "reality" accepts without a fight the domination of health care by Wall Street.
Better Believe It
Mar 2012
#129
In the context of the Individual Mandate, it's not a "tax". The intent of a "tax" is to generate
cherokeeprogressive
Mar 2012
#33
You should have called the Supreme Court before they had their meeting today then.
cherokeeprogressive
Mar 2012
#126
Check out the "friend of the court" briefs (record number) in this case. Who's for and who's against
pampango
Mar 2012
#40
And what is the position of the health insurance industry and big Pharma? They wrote the law.
Better Believe It
Mar 2012
#63
Why and how is a system designed to prevent anything like single payer going to usher it in?
TheKentuckian
Mar 2012
#92
But the belief that single-payer will rise from the ashes of a repealed ACA is insane...
SidDithers
Mar 2012
#73
"forcing the public and the political system to finally consider the only real answer"
wyldwolf
Mar 2012
#87
never ceases to amaze me that some folks believe the Right will suddenly come to their senses
librechik
Mar 2012
#94
Meh. What do I care? My mom was natural born Canadian. Thus, I am Canadian too.
lumberjack_jeff
Mar 2012
#96
The United States isn't like Canada. Canada has a multi-party system and democratic elections.
Better Believe It
Mar 2012
#128
If Congress wants to regulate the commerce of health, LET THEM DEMAND LOWER RATES FROM THE INSURERS.
WinkyDink
Mar 2012
#116
Realistically, if ACA is overturned, health care reform of any kind is dead for decades.
backscatter712
Mar 2012
#119
If the health insurance industry bill is upheld, progressive health care reform is dead for decades.
Better Believe It
Mar 2012
#127