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| Authored by: Gringo_ on Thursday, June 28 2012 @ 11:25 AM EDT |
More from CNN...
Chief Justice John Roberts led the
Supreme
Court’s 5-4 decision upholding President Obama’s sweeping
health care
law.
The president is expected to speak later today on the ruling
that
supports the core legislative accomplishment of his
administration.
The court decided that the individual mandate that
requires
all Americans to have health insurance will stand and is
considered a
tax by the court, making it constitutional.
Chief Justice John Roberts
wrote about the individual
mandate, citing the taxing clause: “It is reasonable
to
construe what Congress has done as increasing taxes on those
who have a
certain amount of income, but choose to go
without insurance. Such legislation
is within Congress’
power to tax."
The court also ruled that the
federal government may not
remove Medicaid funding from states that refuse to
take
part.
Voting to uphold the Affordable Care Act were R oberts and
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia
Sotomayor and Elena Kagan.
The dissenters were Justices
Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas
and Samuel
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Thursday, June 28 2012 @ 12:41 PM EDT |
As I understand the ruling, Congress would have to power to impose a tax for
operating a computer without qualifying anti-virus software, or without a
licensed "qualified" operating system.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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