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Title: South Carolina Lawmakers Propose 5-Year Jail Sentence for 'Obamacare' Implementation
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URL Source: http://www.usnews.com/news/articles ... e-for-obamacare-implementation
Published: Dec 18, 2012
Author: Steven Nelson
Post Date: 2012-12-18 06:50:54 by A K A Stone
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Comments: 12
Nullification is yet again picking up steam in Dixie. Pursuing an archaic legal theory that punctuated pre-Civil War disputes between the federal government and states, South Carolina state Rep. Bill Chumley last week pre-filed a bill for the upcoming legislative session that would criminalize implementation of President Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare reform law. If his bill becomes law, any state official caught enforcing the healthcare law would be guilty of a misdemeanor and "must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both." [ENJOY: Cartoons on U.S. Contraception Controversy] Federal officials caught enforcing the law, however, would be given stiffer punishment under the proposal. Any federal employee or contractor enforcing the law "is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both," the bill proposes. "I think we're within our rights to do this," Chumley explained to U.S. News. "It's an obligation, I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and protect the people." [READ: 'Obamacare Simulation' Cuts Teen Pregnancy 80 Percent] The bill was drafted after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the healthcare law in June, a decision that Chumley strongly disagrees with. In response, says Chumley, "we put a little study committee together to look at the possibility of nullification." The study group included local lawyers, retired political science professors, and medical doctors, Chumley says. Another attendee was state Sen. Lee Bright, who is proposing similar legislation in the legislature's upper chamber. "If we don't do something now, when do we?" says Chumley. "It's a sad situation that the government put us in... an unpleasant task you have to do from time to time." "I feel very, very good about support," he adds. "I don't think it'll be a really hard sell." [OPINION: Four Flaws in Obamacare] South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, also a Republican, has made no public statement on the bill. Chumley said he has seen Haley just once since setting up his study group and "didn't want to bother her with this." Among the items in the healthcare law that irk Chumley are the individual health insurance mandate, "the establishment of 150 or so more agencies," "the addition of many thousand new IRS agents," and "home visits to come out and see how you're living." UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh, however, told U.S. News the proposed law "would be clearly un-enforceable, because the federal law – upheld by the Supreme Court – trumps state law." "But I assume it's meant to make a political statement, not to have a direct legal effect," adds Volokh.
Poster Comment: Everone should disobey the African usurpuer piece of shit.
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#1. To: A K A Stone (#0)
And Jeff Davis should've stopped those idiots from firing on Ft Sumter.....;}
You would think a law professor would know better. Even one raised as a leftist that went to leftist PC schools. NO Un-Constitutional law trumps anything,and states are REQUIRED to follow the Constitution.
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
The Supreme Court TRIED to stop Lincoln by telling him the states had a legal right to secede from the Union,but Lincoln threatened to send US Marshall's over there to arrest them and hold them in a military prison without trial until after the war ended if they made a formal ruling on this.
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
They were illegal alien damn Yankees!
Who had absolutely no excuse to start fighting. Could've seceded without a shot. Thanx, morons.
the key words there.
the key words there. Yeah,but ONLY because the Dictator Lincoln cowered them all into silence.
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
You would think a law professor would know better. Even one raised as a leftist that went to leftist PC schools. NO Un-Constitutional law trumps anything,and states are REQUIRED to follow the Constitution. You'd be surprised at the number of "conservatives" who believe that federal law "trumps" state law, especially when it comes to marijuana.
"if you're not cop, you're little people" So why does the South care. We've seceded. Lincoln needed Ft Sumter like FDR needed Pearl Harbor.
They aren't really conservatives. They are just confused statists,most of whom seem to think they are on a "mission from Gawd" to save us all from ourselves. That ain't conservatism.
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
I had never heard that. Shed some more light.
I read it in a really thick book about the Civil War that went into the background of the events and individuals that led to it,the way it was fought,and the aftermath. That's where I found out that Lincoln stated that he didn't care about slavery one way or the other,and would be content to let it remain if the south would promise to not secede. Can't remember the name now,but you can probably find references by doing a search using "Lincoln+Supreme Court" as keywords. Lots of the popular "legends" we were taught about Lincoln when we were in school were outright lies. For example,he did not free ONE single slave. The Emancipation Proclamation ONLY "freed" slaves in the south,and he had no dominion or legal power of them. It did not apply to ANY slaves in the north,and many prominent northerners owned slaves all through the war. Union General and US President US Grant was one of them.
Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012)
#2. To: A K A Stone, *Bill of Rights-Constitution* (#0)
UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh, however, told U.S. News the proposed law "would be clearly un-enforceable, because the federal law – upheld by the Supreme Court – trumps state law."
#3. To: mcgowanjm (#1)
And Jeff Davis should've stopped those idiots from firing on Ft Sumter.....;}
#4. To: mcgowanjm (#1)
And Jeff Davis should've stopped those idiots from firing on Ft Sumter.....;}
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#5. To: hondo68 (#4)
They were illegal alien damn Yankees!
#6. To: sneakypete (#3)
threatened to send
#7. To: mcgowanjm (#6)
threatened to send
#8. To: sneakypete (#2)
UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh, however, told U.S. News the proposed law "would be clearly un-enforceable, because the federal law – upheld by the Supreme Court – trumps state law."
#9. To: sneakypete (#7)
Yeah,but ONLY because the Dictator Lincoln cowered them all into silence.
#10. To: Deckard (#8)
You'd be surprised at the number of "conservatives" who believe that federal law "trumps" state law, especially when it comes to marijuana.
#11. To: sneakypete (#3)
The Supreme Court TRIED to stop Lincoln by telling him the states had a legal right to secede from the Union,
#12. To: A K A Stone (#11)
I had never heard that. Shed some more light.
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