BA> RS>> Georgia's governor will pursue a lawsuit against the new
BA> RS>> federal health care bill, even if the state's attorney
BA> RS>> general refuses to do so, the governor's spokesman said
BA> RS>> Thursday.

BA> RS>> Gov. Sonny Perdue, a Republican, opposes the health care
BA> RS>> bill because it will add 700,000 Georgians to the Medicaid
BA> RS>> program and require people to buy health insurance or face
BA> RS>> a penalty, said Bert Brantley, Perdue's director of
BA> RS>> communications.

BA> RS>> The state's attorney general, Thurbert Baker, a Democrat,
BA> RS>> had advised Perdue against filing a lawsuit.

BA> JB> 34 states currently have laws working their way through
BA> JB> their  legislatures that will forbid the government from
BA> JB> forcing individuals to  buy healthcare insurance.  Virginia
BA> JB> has already signed theirs into law.   Now do you believe in
BA> JB> state's rights, as outlined by the Constitution,  or not ? 
BA> JB> Remember that this ax swings both ways.

BA>Those 34 states and those involved in the lawsuit recently filed
BA>against Obamacare are all wasting their time and efforts.  Judges on
BA>the federal bench - up to and including the Supremes - have for
BA>decades been selected for their political ideologies, not for any
BA>legal, judicial or Constitutional expertise.  IMO Obamacare is a done
BA>deal and the courts will decide against the states and void those
BA>state laws that conflict with Obamacare.

BA>What the states *need* to do is convene a Constitutional Convention
BA>and put the brakes on the national government - maybe even dissolve
BA>it.  I can't offhand think of anything prettier than a lot of
BA>unemployed (former) federal bureaucrooks.  Many US states are
BA>physically larger than recognized nations, have populations larger
BA>than recognized nations and have economies as large or larger than
BA>some recognized nations.  Would play h*ll with the UN though...

The states have been successful with state's rights on the subject of 
gay marriage.  It is going to prove to be a very interesting process and 
it may turn out that another amendment will be needed.  The Supreme 
Court is long overdue to rule on state's rights vs. federal powers.  
There are many areas where the US Congress has trampled state's rights.


Jeff  

CMPQwk 1.42-21 9999 
Democrats --  The party of death ......

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