Thursday, September 8, 2011

The Liberal 4th Has Spoken

Looks like Obamacare lives on...for now...thanks to those liberal minded jurists in the Fourth Circuit.  In a 33-page opinion, the first 16 of which listed the parties and amici (not sure if that is the correct usage), the Fourth ruled that the Commonwealth of Virginia lacked standing to sue:

"For the reasons that follow, we hold that Virginia, the sole plaintiff here, lacks standing to bring this action. Accordingly, we vacate the judgment of the district court and remand with instructions to dismiss the case for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction."
The Court may not be as liberal as I hoped, it did go on to conclude:

"In sum, the significance of the questions at issue here only heightens the importance of waiting for an appropriate case to reach the merits. This is not such a case."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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