{"id":325,"date":"2010-04-01T08:07:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T14:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/?p=325"},"modified":"2010-04-01T08:07:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-01T14:07:00","slug":"georgia-attorney-general-faces-possible-impeachment-for-refusing-go-file-suit-over-health-care-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waiting.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/georgia-attorney-general-faces-possible-impeachment-for-refusing-go-file-suit-over-health-care-reform.html","title":{"rendered":"Georgia Attorney General Faces Possible Impeachment For Refusing Go File Suit Over Health Care Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

More on the politics of no. The Republicans continue to think that if they can continue to paint meaningful health care reform as some breed of anarchy, socialism and treason, that no one will bother to look as to how much better the country will be with fair rules governing health insurance. The old axim of never letting the facts get in the way of a good story, sure seems to apply to this one.<\/p>\r\n

When I studied Constitutional law in 1977, the basic rule was that the Federal government had the power to regulate anything that involved interstate commerce. Well there might be some “commerce” that isn’t interstate, but it is clearly not health care, one of the biggest and most comprehensive industries in our society. If it is constitutional for the federal government to tax working people for retired people’s Medicare, it is legal to require everyone be insured.<\/p>\r\n

Yet, if the Republicans believe there is some political advantage to calling the new Health Care law bad, so they keep doing it. The louder they say it, the more votes they believe they will get. Let us hope that by November, the majority of the country will see that all that they stand for is nothing.<\/p>\r\n

In Georgia Republicans are calling for the impeachment of the state Attorney General, because he has refused to file suit over the constitutionality of President Obama\u2019s health-care overhaul. http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/03\/31\/us\/politics\/31georgia.html?scp=1&sq=georgia%20attorney%20general%20&st=cse<\/a><\/p>\r\n

In the Georgia state Legislature 31 Republicans Tuesday signed a resolution seeking the impeachment of Democrat Thurbert Baker. Baker is also a candidate in Georgia\u2019s gubernatorial race, where incumbent Republican Sonny Perdue can\u2019t seek a third term under the law.<\/p>\r\n

Fourteen states have filed lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the new health care reform, according to The New York Times. But Perdue has charged that this litigation is frivolous and a waste of taxpayers\u2019 money.<\/p>\r\n

Perdue has indicated that to get around Baker, he will appoint a \u201cspecial attorney general,\u201d a lawyer or legal team to file suit on Georgia\u2019s behalf.<\/p>\r\n

To be approved, the impeachment resolution would need the support of the majority of the Republican controlled, 180-member Georgia House.<\/p>\r\n

Then there would have to be a trial in the state Senate, and Baker could be found guilty if two-thirds of the 56 senators went against him. But it would be tough for Baker to lose that vote, because the Republicans control just 60 percent of the Senate seats.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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