Is Obama a Little Worried About His Healthcare Law?

President Obama expressed confidence Monday the Supreme Court will not overturn his signature health care law when it issues a ruling later this year on the constitutionality of the landmark legislation, arguing it would be "unprecedented" for the court to make such a dramatic power play over Congress.

"Ultimately I am confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress,"
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Question:
How many laws have the US Supreme Court deemed unconstitutional?



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The list would be too long for this format. The US Supreme Court has declared a total of 1,315 laws (as of 2002, the most recent year for which statistics are available; the database may be updated in 2012) unconstitutional using the process of judicial review.

The first time the Court declared a federal law unconstitutional was in Chief Justice John Marshall's opinion for Marbury v. Madison, 5 US 137 (1803), in which he asserted Section 13 of the Judiciary Act of 1789 was unconstitutional because it extended to the Supreme Court an act of original jurisdiction not explicitly granted by the Constitution.

Unconstitutional and Preempted Laws 1789-2002
According to the GPO (Government Printing Office Database):

1789-2002 Acts of Congress Held as Unconstitutional..............................158

1789-2002 State Statutes held unconstitutional......................................935

1789-2002 City Ordinances held unconstitutional....................................222

1789-2002 State and City laws preempted by Federal laws.......................224

Total State, Local and Federal Laws Declared Unconstitutional................1,315

Total State and Local Law Preempted by Federal Laws..............................224

Total Laws Overturned, all governments..............................................1,539

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he said hes confident it wont be overturned.

What would you expect him to say…?


Additionally his words say that he is more than a little worried, almost a threatening tone to it, trying to give us all the illusion that something like this has nevvvvvvvver happened before!

moreover, it was hardly a 'strong majority' by any stretch of the imagination. iirc it barely made it through the senate, and then the dems had to resort to 'reconciliation' and 'deem and pass' games to get it to Obama's desk.

Got news for ya. It took a strong 60% majority to "barely make it through the Senate."

As do all bills these days due to obstructionist Republicans.

Yet more example of Radeck playing fast and loose with facts, twisting others, and outright lying.

I love it when the Republicans don’t do what left wants them too they are obstructionists… let me ask you, the Republicans hold the majority in the house is it not the left who are the obstructionists?

Speaking of the house… Obamacare only passed in the house by a 219 – 212 Yes, that is barley.

...law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress

Judges order Justice Department to clarify following Obama remarks on health law case


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2...z1r1F8NTVA

A federal appeals court is striking back after President Obama cautioned the Supreme Court against overturning the health care overhaul and warned that such an act would be "unprecedented."

A three-judge panel for the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday ordered the Justice Department to explain by Thursday whether the administration believes judges have the power to strike down a federal law.

A source inside the courtroom, who did not want to be identified, confirmed the incident to Fox News.

A letter from the court instructs the Justice Department to provide an explanation of "no less than three pages, single spaced" by noon on Thursday.

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