Ancient and Indecipherable Document 1, Government-Run Health Care 0.

Monday afternoon, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Vinson pushed the entire progressive wing of the Democratic Party over the edge into unadulterated nincompoopery with his decision to void Obamacare. Judge Vinson’s reasoning is simple and elegant. The individual mandate is a clear violation of the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. Since Congress did not intend for that part of the law to be severed from the whole and since the Obama administration specifically argued that it was the key part of the legislation, the entire law is void.

Jennifer Rubin notes, far more nicely than I would have, that the left appears to have been taken aback by this decision. The first three links of my post here bear that out — the snarky dismissal and pure fabrications that greeted the decisions tell me that some of the left’s brightest lights never though it possible that a judge could write such a devastating deconstruction of their prized achievement. The White House as well was unable to muster more of a response than you’d get from an anonymous Twitter troll.

Judge Vinson’s decision is solid, though, and is worth reading. It is remarkably  approachable for someone who didn’t spend a decade in law school. Melissa Clouthier pulled out a few of the most choice excerpts for your reading ease.

I expect that the administration will attempt some sort of appeal, once it can manage more than a sniffled “that didn’t hurt”. As of now, Obamacare is dead, but it won’t be completely dead until Congress repeals it (and that’s looking more possible each day).

Other Posts of Interest:

• Government-Run Health Care Leaves Over 13,000 Elderly Malnourished
• As It Happens, Americans Don’t Tend to Think Health Care Costs Are Driving Them Toward Eating Dog Food
• Who Likes Our Health Care System? Almost Everyone!

Tags: National Health Care

Category: Health Care Craziness