Will the Supreme Court stop the Democrat Party from using the "nuclear option"?
On CNN, Rep. Michelle Bachman revealed thаt thе Democrat Party іѕ рlοttіng οn using thе unconstitutional "nuclear option" fοr thе first time іn history іn order tο force a government takeover οf health care. Cаn thе Supreme Court ѕtοр thеm?
The nuclear option was invoked by the GOP in an attempt to end the filibuster on judicial nominees. Reconciliation is NOT the same thing as the nuclear option and neither is ‘illegal’. I suppose when the GOP considered using the nuclear option 2 or so years ago, you also wanted the supreme court to step in or are you just catching up and caring now? I believe you to be a hypocrite.
Democrats are not using any nuclear option, Neocon.
You need to google what the Nuclear Option is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_option
Foxs news is trying to rewrite the past so they can control the present. Once they control the present they will also control the future.
Poor sheep. Didn’t you get the memo? They are feeding you lies!
First time in history? No.
Unconstitutional? Probably not, but you never know with this court…
Also, what the hell is the "Democrat Party"?
No, but they might entertain a lawsuit to strike down the individual mandate.
Reconciliation has been used many times before, including on health care related issues like COBRA.
Since 1981, it’s been used 22 times, 16 of which were done by Republicans, including the Bush tax cuts.
by the way, the Dems are using reconciliation, and that’s a really different thing than the "nuclear option."
Whether they do or not the bill on its face is unconstitutional and its only a matter of time before Scalia and company throw down the judicial smackdown on Obama and friends.
No because the Democrats are using the same rules since 1973. There is no nuclear option here. Michelle Bachman has her facts incorrect. Supreme Court has nothing to stop.
Michelle Bachman is incorrect, as are all the other people who say the nuclear option is going to be used.
The Democrats will be using reconciliation, which is NOT the nuclear option. As a matter of fact, the only time the nuclear option was threatened (that is, changing Senate rules and declaring the filibuster to be unconstitutional) was by the Republicans, when Bill Frist threatened it to stop filibuster of some Bush appointees.
And it’s not unconstitutional.
No
The Supreme Court can’t legislate from the bench. Besides that, I thought Republicans were against that.
The Democrats have not stated that they will try to use the nuclear option. They have stated that they will use reconciliation. That is an entirely different concept.
I have no thought what Michelle Bachmann is talking about and she probably doesn’t either.
The use of the nuclear option involves changing the Senate rules. Reconciliation does not.
The bill itself is unconstitutional not reconcilliation.
You mean the Democratic Party. Bachman (the female version of Lonesome Rhodes Beck, only dumber) is telling lies, which is the usual outcome when she opens her mouth. As for the Supremes, who knows what the five activist CONs will do?