Pat Robertson went to a conservative-leaning appeals court panel and they held up Obamacare

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http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/health/articles/2011/11/08/appeals_court_upholds_obama_health_care_law/

Appeals court upholds Obama health care law
By Nedra Pickler
Associated Press / November 8, 2011

WASHINGTON—A conservative-leaning appeals court panel on Tuesday upheld the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care law, as the Supreme Court prepares to consider this week whether to resolve conflicting rulings over the law's requirement that all Americans buy health care insurance.

A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a split opinion upholding the lower court's ruling that found Congress did not overstep its authority in requiring people to have insurance or pay a penalty on their taxes, beginning in 2014. The requirement is the most controversial requirement of Obama's signature domestic legislative achievement and the focus of conflicting opinions from judges across the country. The Supreme Court could decide as early as Thursday during a closed meeting of the justices whether to accept appeals from some of those earlier rulings.

The suit in Washington was brought by the American Center for Law and Justice, a legal group founded by evangelist Pat Robertson. It claimed that the insurance mandate is unconstitutional because it forces Americans to buy a product for the rest of their lives and that it violates the religious freedom of those who choose not to have insurance because they rely on God to protect them from harm. But the court ruled that Congress had the power to pass the requirement to ensure that all Americans can have health care coverage, even if it infringes on individual liberty. snip

"With two prominent conservatives, this panel was thought to be a dream come true for conservative challengers of the act," said the center's president, Doug Kendall. "Today that dream became a nightmare, as the panel unanimously rejected the challenges to the act, disagreeing only about why those challenges failed."

[Myrina]

1. This is what disturbs me:

" ... Congress had the power to pass the requirement ... even if it infringes on individual liberty."

So what precedent does this set that Congress can pass other laws that infringe on individual liberty???

[zbdent]

3. see patriot act ...

[LiberalFighter]

2. People who work for or found such groups should be taxed 4 times the rate.

[TheKentuckian]

4. Right wing court upholds Heritage Foundation insurance scam..News at 11

The railing from the Reich is just their non-stop hypocrisy and nasty partisanship. This scam has a long lineage that can be ignored but never undone. It is what it is.