Don't Sue President Obama

This week we celebrate President Obama's signing of landmark health care reform legislation into law. Thanks to this historic bill, 32 million Americans will gain access to health insurance, health care will become more affordable, and no American will ever again be denied coverage when they get sick or because of pre-existing conditions.

But before the ink was even dry on President Obama's signature, the attorneys general of 13 states -- led by Florida Republican AG Bill McCollum, trying to score political points in his campaign for governor -- immediately filed a lawsuit to try to block the new law in the courts. One of my Republican opponents for California Attorney General, Tom Harman, is even encouraging current AG Jerry Brown to join them.

This is the ultimate frivolous lawsuit, brought to you by the GOP -- the party of "NO" -- and we can't let them stand in the way of progress.

Sign my petition to Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum and these 12 other AGs today -- and urge them to drop their lawsuit against the historic health care reform bill!

As California's next Attorney General, I will always fight to put the people's interests first, not the special interests or any narrow partisan political interest.

California stands to gain tremendously from health care reform. Of the 32 million Americans who will get health coverage under the bill, as many of 7 million of them will be Californians, and everyone in our state will gain more security and stability in their health insurance coverage.

That's why I will do everything in my power as California Attorney General to defeat efforts to repeal or overturn this critical health care legislation.

And we can start, today, by urging these Republican attorneys general to drop their frivolous lawsuit against the new health care bill.

Sign my petition to Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum and these 12 other AGs today -- and urge them to drop their lawsuit against the historic health care reform bill!

The people of California -- and all Americans -- want and deserve the benefits of health care reform. Please join me in speaking out today, and urging these attorneys general to drop their frivolous lawsuit.

Thanks.

 

Comments

[stellar 7]

05:48 PM on 04/09/2010

Penalty, imposed by the IRS for not purchasing UHC, will be collected as part of the US government tax collection process. The government is planning to create at least 40,000 jobs at the IRS just to collect penalties – the bureaucracy is greatly expanding. “Fee collectors” will not create or produce anything. Citizens may have to pay penalties and will also pay for the collectors out of their tax money! The government created a great plan how to get money out of responsible citizens.

Who will pay out of their tax money for those who choose not to work or irresponsibly have kids? Please explain how UHC can help illegal immigrants who do not contribute as taxpayers. Who will pay (and is currently paying) for their care?

[ReProphet]

01:14 PM on 03/26/2010

Let Republicans file Health Care lawsuits, but don’t let him waste taxpayers’ money on their political charade. If they spend their own money then they may go after other Federal legislation that has been “rammed down our throats”. You know, legislation that cost businesses millions of dollars by requiring them to keep their waste and pollution out of water and air and require them to provide access to people with handicaps. They could spend their money seeking repeal of Medicare and Medicaid for those who don’t have the gumption to pay for their own health care. Republicans could seek repeal of Civil Rights legislation that took away “rights” of businesses to choose which customers it serves and local governments to make segregation decisions. Republicans may try to repeal Social Security that puts unfair taxation on those who can afford to provide for themselves. The Republicans could seek to repeal regulations for safe food and drugs. Sanitary measures cost businesses money and raise consumer prices. They could attack onerous labor laws requiring businesses to pay exaggerated salaries and limit hours people can work. America could still be competitive with Indonesia and Bangladesh if we could pay children 50 cents to work 72 hours a week. Then, Republicans could go after the biggest liberal legislation foisted upon the American people. They could seek repeal of the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery. They can do this with their money for litigation, because obviously they only approve democratic majority rule when their side wins.

[Need A Job]

04:49 PM on 03/25/2010

What bewilders me is that how anyone could respect, listen-took much less take direction from any of the morons that have created the disaster we know today as CALIFORNIA. Spend some time on YouTube & see what the residents have to say (well, the ones that are sadly still there..). If that is what you want your State to be like - keep listening to these idiots!

[scipio2009]

03:55 PM on 03/25/2010

San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris is already running for California AG.
Hate to break it to you, but my support is already bequeath to another.

[Ringer5150]

02:31 PM on 03/25/2010

Are there any legal scholars out there? (I mean real, law-school graduates, not part-time lawyers/dentists/real estate agents) Answer me this:

The only part of HCR that I have a problem with is the mandatory purchase of private industry health insurance (as a REAL Libertarian, not a Republican who doesn't want to admit he voted for Bush). How can the government require me to buy health insurance?

But here's the question: Since mandatory purchase of insurance doesn't kick in until 2014, and the IRS "penalties" wouldn't be in effect until the following year, DO ANY OF THESE A.G.'S HAVE "STANDING" TO SUE? As I understand it, you need to have "standing" and be the agrieved (sp?) party in order to sue. Remember the case in California where the biological father sued to prevent his daughter from saying the Pledge of Allegience or something, and the Court dismissed because he wasn't the CUSTODIAL parent?

Basically, to sue to have this new law overturned, wouldn't you have to be directly AFFECTED by the law?

[Montani]

12:34 PM on 03/25/2010

When the Black Lung benefit for coal miners was written into law, the estimated cost was around 3 billion dollars. It now exceeds 420 billion dollars. The health care amendment added by Senator Robert Byrd will increase that amount tremendously. It basically gives many widows of coal miners a free life insurance policy payout when their husbands die. Their husband may or may not have black lung. All they have to do to qualify is work in the mining industry for 15 years. Any one with terminal lung disease will be assumed to have black lung, if they have worked in coal mining for 15 or more years. Workers at mountain top removal sites destroying our environment are called coal miners, though what they do exposes them to little coal dust. Black lung is mainly an under ground miner's disease. My Father and my grandfather both died of this disease and I have sympathy for anyone that has it. This is just one of hundreds of wasteful parts of the Democrat written health care bill. It is estimated that the state's obligation in West Virginia alone will increase between 50 and 100 billion dollars. The Democrats are writing government checks to a large percentage of their supporters to buy their votes. Once the people in a democracy find they can raid the treasury, the democracy will fail. The Democrats are doing what no foreign enemy has been able to do, destroying America. The TEA Party is our only hope.

[demimckingwoodtx]

12:57 PM on 03/25/2010

Wshy would you not want a safety net the the wives of men that put their lives on the lines to bring you energy so you can be comfortable everyday? I do not see the problem with insurance for woment they may have to take care of a dying husband.