So Nine Get to Decide

So now nine get to decide.

The Insurance Industry has spent millions the past two years to subvert the Affordable Care Act. They have done this because for the first time in seventy years, the federal government finally stepped up and attempted to regulate an industry that makes money off other people's pain and suffering.

The health insurance in this country, in spite of the passage of the act, have persisted in raising premiums, continuing to exclude coverage, and have basically operated as situation "normal", because they have the Republican Party, and probably the Supreme Court in the bag.

It is bought, pure and simple. At least two members of the court, have actually attended Health Insurance propaganda meetings, in an obvious conflict of interest. But, Supreme Court justices have almost untouchable status when it comes to reusing themselves; in short, they can do whatever they want to do. I can right now, for sure, tell you how those two will vote; they are bought!

Other times in this nation, a "bought court" has made a decision that led to great unrest, suffering, and even civil war. The Dred Scott Decision comes to mind, that led to the Civil War. Plessy vs Ferguson, a decision that legitimized racist Jim Crowe Laws, meant over a 100 year wait for Civil Rights in the United States for people of color. Thousands were lynched in the court's stupid wake.

So don't hold your breath for the Supreme Court to make a just decision concerning the Affordable Care Act. Conservatives, aided and abetted by greedy Insurance Companies, have spend a lot of time and money, to buy the five votes they need to invalidate critical parts of the Act.

And, they have agreed to take on the law, TWO YEARS before anyone is "harmed" by the "mandated" portion of the Act. This actually breaks an Injunction Precedent that has held for over 100 years; that dictates simply that some harm must occur before someone can sue for relief.

Not one person has been required to buy insurance by the Affordable Care Act, not one! Where is the alleged harm of the Act? How can you sue before the Act is even in effect? This is Constitutional Law nonsense.

If the Supreme Court acts, it will be one of the first time in judicial history that the Court acted in a preemptive manner. Moreover, this would be a preemtive move regarding Congress' constitutional responsibility to regulate interstate commerce, which will upend the prior Injunction Precedent.

In short, this could lead to Congress having to have the Court decide on any major tax increase, or decrease, tax incentives, tax breaks, fees, tariffs; you name it. This could reduce commerce and business in the United States to a crawl.

And you can almost feel that the court is going to do exactly that. Five conservatives have taken it upon themselves to write new campaign finance law with "Citizens United" and probably will do the same with the Affordable Care Act.

Remember that title, "Affordable" when it is gutted and Insurance Companies raise your premiums by 100%. Remember the Insurance greed, as it reduces this nation to a pauper state. Have you ever wonder what the greedy bastards will do with no one to stop them? We all get to go to the emergency room.

Oh, I forgot, Romney has a plan; but it depends on which Etch-A-Sketch it is on.

Judicial Review is a joke in this country. We are about to see what a bought and paid for Supreme Court means.