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Thursday, June 09, 2011

... two judges appointed by Clinton,

Healthcare overhaul fight in pivotal Atlanta court
“ The latest round in the fight over President Barack Obama's health care overhaul was held Wednesday in the federal appeals court in Atlanta.

A three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on whether to reverse a Florida judge's ruling that struck down the law. The judges seemed receptive to arguments from critics challenging the health reforms as unconstitutional during the three-hour hearing.
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But Wait

2 Bill Clintons + 1 American

“ It unfolded in what's considered one of the nation's most conservative appeals courts. But the randomly selected panel includes two appointees of Democratic President Bill Clinton, and observers say it's hard to predict how they'll decide. The Clinton appointees are circuit Judges Frank Hull and Stanley Marcus, while Chief Judge Joel Dubina was tapped by President George H.W. Bush
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Hard to predict? I would love to be pleasantly surprised, but I won't hold my breath.  If this panel upholds the Florida decision, I believe it will be the first court that didn't decide an Obamacare challenge on party lines (Democrat v. American).

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6 comments:

  1. Anonymous6/9/11, 4:21 PM

    "Randomly selected" HA,Ha, Ha.
    mary

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  2. Darrell6/9/11, 6:48 PM

    hey Rodge, see this? An update on the lobsters and porterhouse food stamps receipt, it's been declared a felony:


    http://tinyurl.com/3hksauz

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  3. toadold6/9/11, 10:40 PM

    While you can depend on Clinton appointed Judges to vote liberal, if they are Clinton's good buddies they might just take delight in giving Obama the shaft. There is a certain amount of bad blood there. If they are on the appeals court they also may be thinking ahead about their chance to get on the Supreme Court. If you have a conservative majority in the Senate after 2012 they may want to make nice now.

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  4. Anonymous6/9/11, 11:43 PM

    toadold makes a good point, but I'm still very worried. This will go to SCOTUS, and we're one Justice from disaster as long as Captain Bullshit controls appointments.
    The Clintons scattered lethal cancer seeds all over the judiciary and Federal agencies. The cancer spread slowed during GWB's terms, but did not go into remission. Now with Captain Bullshit, Mao's great grandson in office, the cancer seeds have become virulent, multiple tumors threatening to consume all. We must take back our government with solid originalists in 2012 to excise the cancer altogether or we are lost to it.
    Meantime, pray for good health for our four staunch conservative Justices and Justice Kennedy, who said he will not retire as long as Captain Bullshit is president.
    Lt. Col. Gen. Tailgunner dick

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  5. DougM6/10/11, 2:36 AM

    toadold,
    I see Clinton-appointees not as loyal to Clinton, but bought by the same sources that bought Clinton and Obama, so they'll support the revolution.

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  6. Rodger the Real King of France6/10/11, 9:10 AM

    I generally see Clinton, and certainly Obama judges as being true to an ideology. Clinton's southern appointees are more difficult to predict because the sponsoring Dem Senator may have been verging on switching to the GOP.

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