Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel
3/27/2012
The Supreme Court hearings on ObamaCare have begun. These hearings are history in the making – but more importantly, the Court’s rulings will greatly impact every American citizen. At the heart of the Justices’ deliberations will be the key component of Liberty Counsel’s lawsuit against ObamaCare. We MUST intensely pray for the Court – and to be delivered from the anti-life and anti-liberty ObamaCare! I have recorded a special audio message for my Liberty Counsel partners, outlining the Supreme Court arguments and my thoughts on them. Click here to listen to this important audio update and join with me in committing to pray, “Lord, deliver us from ObamaCare”: http://www.libertyaction.org/346/petition.asp
For insight into Liberty Counsel’s three-year fight against ObamaCare and the Supreme Court hearings, please read my important update below. Mat
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Jack,
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the opening salvos of oral argument in the ObamaCare case.
The first day of arguments addressed whether the Anti-Injunction Act (AIA) applies to the case and, if so, whether AIA requires the parties to wait until 2014 or beyond before the merits of ObamaCare can be addressed.
The AIA issue arose in the case of Liberty University v. Geithner, in which Liberty Counsel represents Liberty University and two private individuals. Last September, after my argument at the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, VA, the court issued a 2-1 decision, saying the AIA applies and thus prevents a ruling on the merits until later, when individuals or employers are forced to pay the penalty for failure to obtain or provide health insurance.
Tuesday’s Court hearings are centered on the “individual mandate,” which is the core question facing the Court: Does Congress have the constitutional authority to require individuals to purchase and maintain a minimum level of health insurance or force them to pay a penalty if they chose not to do so?
++Liberty Counsel’s intense three-year legal battle against ObamaCare continues.
Liberty Counsel battled against ObamaCare in Congress for a year in the halls of Congress. Then, on the same day ObamaCare was singed into law on March 23, 2010, Liberty Counsel filed suit. Our case is the only pending case at the Supreme Court that challenges both the individual and the employer mandates.
After arguing the case at the Federal District and Appellate Courts, we filed a petition with the Supreme Court. Liberty Counsel then filed two major briefs with the Court in February, addressing both the Anti-Injunction Act and the Commerce Clause. We have consistently maintained that the Anti-Injunction Act does not apply to ObamaCare because the mandate is a penalty, not a tax; it does not apply to states; and it is not jurisdictional. Moreover, the AIA does not apply to the Medicaid aspect of ObamaCare. To uphold ObamaCare would require a rewriting of the Constitution! The entire law must be struck down.
++Hear my special audio update on the Supreme Court hearings.
As a Liberty Counsel team member, I want to share with you my thoughts on yesterday’s arguments and the arguments presented today. Click here to listen to the first of my three special audio updates:
http://www.libertyaction.org/346/petition.asp
As a constitutional attorney who has argued before the Supreme Court and having spent countless hours on litigating against ObamaCare, I firmly believe that the mandates forcing individuals and employers to obtain or provide government-defined health insurance are patently unconstitutional.
Now, prayerfully, we are on the verge of seeing ObamaCare struck down by the United States Supreme Court. That’s why I am once again calling on you to add YOUR name to the Book of Remembrance and to affirm your commitment to pray that America be spared from this anti-life, anti-liberty law.
When you sign our prayer statement, we will send you a free bumper sticker that declares, “Lord, deliver us from ObamaCare!” Click here to see this full-sized, high-quality vinyl product and to sign the book:
http://www.libertyaction.org/346/petition.asp
Not only will ObamaCare destroy our precious freedoms, it will bankrupt our nation, and result in killing millions of unborn children through massive abortion funding. I cannot think of a more important occasion for a national outcry to the Lord!
++Prayer is the key to victory.
When tens of thousands of believers are united in prayer, the resonating cry of “Lord, Deliver us from ObamaCare,” will be heard throughout our land…and the Lord promises He will be moved!
Click here to add your name to Liberty Counsel’s Book of Remembrance as your pledge to pray and join nearly 40,000 of your fellow patriots who have already made the commitment:
http://www.libertyaction.org/346/petition.asp
THANK YOU in advance for standing with Liberty Counsel as we fight to end the scourge of ObamaCare once and for all!
Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel
P.S. Please take a moment to listen to my audio update for exclusive insight on the Supreme Court hearings on ObamaCare.
And please consider signing the Book of Remembrance, which is simply your commitment to pray, “Lord, deliver us from ObamaCare!” from March to June. PLEASE pray for the Supreme Court Justices, their deliberations, and their decisions.
Click here listen to my special audio message, to add your name to our vital Book of Remembrance and to order your complimentary bumper sticker:
http://www.libertyaction.org/346/petition.asp
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