Thursday, March 18, 2010

Idaho first to sign law against health care reform

C.L. "Butch" Otter

  This move by the state of Idaho has many ramifications. One thing that I see becoming more of an issue is state’s rights.

  Experts are saying that the Supremacy clause in the U.S. Constitution ranks over state law and that the so-called “Idaho Health Freedom Act” will be shot down in the courts when they sue.

  Critics also say that the state will have to hire another deputy attorney at $100,000 a year at a time when the Idaho coffers are empty and the state is looking at massive cutbacks in services.

I predict that this will be a “watershed moment” for states rights as 37 other states are looking at following Idaho’s lead. The Federal government is in for a fight.

Excerpt:

“Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter addresses the media during a news conference on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 inside his office at the Idaho statehouse in Boise, Idaho. On Wednesday Otter signed a piece of legislation that will require the state of Idaho to sue the federal government upon passage of health care reform which comes as Democrats in Congress hope to pass healthcare reform this weekend.” (AP Photo/Charlie Litchfield)

2 comments:

Tom Sebourn said...

pDave, this is one more reason I live in California. When I think that things can't get any worse, I only have to look to other states to see that things could be a lot worse. Can we keep these states from getting any of our tax money for their California subsidised Interstates that they could never afford? We send more money to Washington than any other state!
We don't do that by being neanderthols.

Tom Sebourn said...

Sorry about the p before your name, I'll have to get something to clean it up.

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