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| Judge Gives Obama Administration 7 Days to Appeal Health Care Ruling |
| 2011-03-03 |
| U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson ruled Thursday that implementation of the health law can proceed — but he gave the Obama administration just seven days to file an appeal. Vinson issued a stay of his own Jan. 31 ruling that declared the entire health care reform law unconstitutional. He chastised the government for not interpreting that ruling as an immediate injunction to stop implementing the new law But in a twist, he said he interpreted the Justice Department’s request for clarity as a motion to stay, which he granted. “Because the defendants have stated that they intend to file a subsequent motion to stay if I were to ‘clarify’ that I had intended my declaratory judgment to have immediate injunction-like effect (which I just did), I will save time in this time-is-of-the-essence case by treating the motion to clarify as one requesting a stay as well,” Vinson said. Vinson criticized the Justice Department for not following normal procedure and requesting a stay. “It was not expected that they would effectively ignore the order and declaratory judgment for two and one-half weeks, continue to implement the Act, and only then file a belated motion to 'clarify,'” Vinson wrote. |
| Posted by:Beavis |
| #4 BAMMER'S "BOOK OF GENESIS" versus * PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > THE CENTRAL DATE FOR CHINA'S GDP [read, Economy] TO OVERTAKE THE US AT THE MARKET EVALUATION RATE IS 2019. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-03-03 23:21 |
| #3 Locally, we had a former sheriff get nailed with a criminal contempt charge for lying before a judge. We also had a local attorney who got a little zealous about defending a client on a drug charge. A federal judge made his life miserable. He could not practice in Federal Court for 5 or 7 years as I recall. They can make your life health. He also had to deal with the State Board. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-03-03 17:53 |
| #2 Yes, someone could end up with a criminal record or get jailed for contempt. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2011-03-03 17:46 |
| #1 Word to the wise... Don't piss off a judge. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2011-03-03 16:33 |