The second case was over religious businesses being forced to provide birth control to all employees. The Supreme Court voted down this specific mandate as it violated the freedom of religion. You may want to expand here?
The third and most recent Obamacare case was in regards to the federal subsidies( money) being awarded to individuals from the federal government, even though the law specifically states that these subsidies should be, “Established by the State”. This case held an interesting debate using a strategy known as an ad hominem fallacy. The idea is to avoid or ignore the actual issue at hand and instead begin attacking the opponent. This can sometimes be personal attacks, or in many of these cases an attack on a political party …show more content…
This decision is pivotal to the power of the Supreme Court. Why?The higher court ruled based on the implications of dismissing this portion of the law. In the Majority opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts said “Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them. If at all possible, we must interpret the Act in a way that is consistent with the former, and avoids the latter”(Diamond). The ruling in this case was to avoid any negative effect. But why does the Supreme Court care? They care because a few find the need to save Obamacare at all costs. (Scalia …show more content…
We, as America, re-evaluate, define and limit, in writing, the powers of the United States Supreme Court. Or 2, we leave it be as is and gamble that the power will not be abused. Either way the court cannot go back on it decision on any of the three Obamacare decisions as there is no appellant court left to check this decision. That is why the Supreme Court is so dangerous, they can be checked at a lower level, but once a decision is passed, it is passed. They have the final say in many matters, so some restrictions are not too much to
The third and most recent Obamacare case was in regards to the federal subsidies( money) being awarded to individuals from the federal government, even though the law specifically states that these subsidies should be, “Established by the State”. This case held an interesting debate using a strategy known as an ad hominem fallacy. The idea is to avoid or ignore the actual issue at hand and instead begin attacking the opponent. This can sometimes be personal attacks, or in many of these cases an attack on a political party …show more content…
This decision is pivotal to the power of the Supreme Court. Why?The higher court ruled based on the implications of dismissing this portion of the law. In the Majority opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts said “Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them. If at all possible, we must interpret the Act in a way that is consistent with the former, and avoids the latter”(Diamond). The ruling in this case was to avoid any negative effect. But why does the Supreme Court care? They care because a few find the need to save Obamacare at all costs. (Scalia …show more content…
We, as America, re-evaluate, define and limit, in writing, the powers of the United States Supreme Court. Or 2, we leave it be as is and gamble that the power will not be abused. Either way the court cannot go back on it decision on any of the three Obamacare decisions as there is no appellant court left to check this decision. That is why the Supreme Court is so dangerous, they can be checked at a lower level, but once a decision is passed, it is passed. They have the final say in many matters, so some restrictions are not too much to