Obama administration heeds judges' health care order - CNN.com:
The Justice Department obeyed a federal appeals court's unusual order Thursday in a legal and political spat over the health care law championed by President Barack Obama. Administration lawyers met their deadline and filed a three-page, single-spaced letter -- following the specific instructions of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is hearing a challenge to the health care law. The letter affirmed the government's stance that federal courts indeed have the authority to decide the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act -- and any other law Congress passes. "The power of the courts to review the constitutionality of legislation is beyond dispute," said the letter, signed by Attorney General Eric Holder.
It added that the Justice Department "has not in this litigation, nor in any other litigation of which I am aware, ever asked this or any other court to reconsider or limit long-established precedent concerning judicial review of the constitutionality of federal legislation." Referring to comments by Obama that set off the imbroglio, the letter concluded: "The President's remarks were fully consistent with the principles described herein."
Thursday, April 05, 2012
ABC7 eNews
 |  |
Top Stories | Thursday, April 5, 2012 |
SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONSI'd like to receive the following newsletters from abc7chicago.com Sign up for news alerts |
Daily Weather | Daily News | 190 North
Thursday's Daily Brief
      Thursday, April 5, 2012  Arianna Huffington: You'd think a ten-and-a-half year war would be a major issue in a presidential campaign -- especially a war going as badly as the one in Afghanistan. But our political and media establishments seem to regard being in a constant state of war as simply part of the "new normal" (to go along with over 8 percent unemployment). The first rule of military action should be: do no harm to your own national security. But right now we are doing a lot of harm, losing hearts and minds every day and making our country ultimately less safe as a result. "War is destructive of the human spirit," military scholar Andrew Bacevich said recently. "War compromises our humanity." This one is now compromising our humanity, our national security, our standing in the world, and our claim to the moral high ground.
BLOG POSTS
|   MOST POPULAR ON TWITTER |
Will Bankers' New Super PAC Target Elizabeth Warren?
 (c) 2012 Eastern Harbor Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved. 28 West 27th Street, Suite 502 New York, NY 10001 |
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Holder: Justice Department will respond 'appropriately' to Texas judge upset by Obama comments - 4/4/2012 5:03:51 PM | Newser
Holder: Justice Department will respond 'appropriately' to Texas judge upset by Obama comments - 4/4/2012 5:03:51 PM | Newser:
Holder spoke a day after 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jerry Smith questioned President Barack Obama's remarks this week about an "unelected" court possibly striking down the president's health care overhaul. Smith, during oral arguments in a separate challenge to the health law, asked the Justice Department for a three-page, single-spaced letter affirming the federal court's authority.
This is nonsense. A federal appellate court judge instructs Eric Holder on how many pages he should write explaining the President's statement. This is ludicrous and utter nonsense. This judge should do his job, and others will do there job. This is why the President was right when he talked about "activist" unelected judges on bench.
Holder spoke a day after 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jerry Smith questioned President Barack Obama's remarks this week about an "unelected" court possibly striking down the president's health care overhaul. Smith, during oral arguments in a separate challenge to the health law, asked the Justice Department for a three-page, single-spaced letter affirming the federal court's authority.
This is nonsense. A federal appellate court judge instructs Eric Holder on how many pages he should write explaining the President's statement. This is ludicrous and utter nonsense. This judge should do his job, and others will do there job. This is why the President was right when he talked about "activist" unelected judges on bench.
Breaking: Obama Signs Insider Trading Ban
 |
Obama Signs Congressional Insider Trading Ban President Barack Obama signed legislation Wednesday barring members of Congress, the president and thousands of federal workers from profiting from nonpublic information learned on the job, calling it an embodiment of the fundamental American value of fair play. He said the move to bar insider trading among lawmakers would assure everyone "plays by the same rules." "It's the notion that the powerful shouldn't get to create one set of rules for themselves and another set of rules for everybody else," Obama added. Read More. |
| -- from our sponsor -- |
 |
(c) 2012 Eastern Harbor Media, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
28 West 27th Street, Suite 502
New York, NY 10001
28 West 27th Street, Suite 502
New York, NY 10001
Wednesday's Daily Brief
| Wednesday, April 4, 2012 
BLOG POSTS
|  MOST POPULAR ON TWITTER |
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
