OBAMA CAMPAIGN DECLARES OBAMACARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL
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OBAMA CAMPAIGN DECLARES OBAMACAREUNCONSTITUTIONAL
“In a curious development, President Obama apparently disagrees with the Supreme Court ruling upholding his health care law. It’s too bad he doesn’t also see that Obamacare is bad policy and bad law. On day one of his presidency, Mitt Romney will begin the process of repealing and replacing Obamacare.” – Amanda Henneberg, Romney CampaignSpokesperson
President Obama Disagrees With Supreme Court Decision Upholding Obamacare:
Obama Campaign Spokesman Says That President Obama Disagrees With Supreme Court DecisionUpholding Obamacare.
CNN’s SOLEDAD O’BRIEN: “So then he disagrees with the Supreme Court decisionthat says it's now a tax?” OBAMA CAMPAIGN SPOKESMAN BEN LABOLT: “That's right. He’s said that it’s apenalty.”
(CNN’s “Starting Point,” 7/5/12)
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The President’s Campaign Denies The Fact That The Obama Administration Argued Obamacare Is ATax:
Obama Campaign: Supreme Court Argument “Never Referred To It As A Tax.”
O’BRIEN: “Your argumentsbefore the court honestly also said that it could be…one of the side arguments, kind of like the backupargument, was that it was a tax. So I did see the arguments before the Supreme Court.” LABOLT: “It never referred to it as…It never referred to it as a tax. It said it was a penalty. And that's under the section of the lawthat is the tax code, but it said very specifically that it's a penalty.”
(CNN’s “Starting Point,” 7/5/12)
Except, President Obama’s Solicitor General Argued To SCOTUS: You HAVE “An Obligation” To FindThat Obamacare Is A Tax.
SOLICITOR GENERAL VERRILLI: "It would be one thing if Congress explicitlydisavowed an exercise of the tax power. But given that it hasn't done so, it seems to me that it's — not only is itfair to read this as an exercise of the tax power, but this Court has got an obligation to construe it as anexercise of the tax power, if it can be upheld on that basis."
(Supreme Court Oral Arguments, 3/27/12; Audio atNationalPublic Radio)
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