South Carolina Lawmakers Propose 5-Year Jail Sentence for 'Obamacare' Implementation

[cali]

Nullification is yet again picking up steam in Dixie.

Pursuing an archaic legal theory that punctuated pre-Civil War disputes between the federal government and states, South Carolina state Rep. Bill Chumley last week pre-filed a bill for the upcoming legislative session that would criminalize implementation of President Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare reform law.

If his bill becomes law, any state official caught enforcing the healthcare law would be guilty of a misdemeanor and "must be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both."

Federal officials caught enforcing the law, however, would be given stiffer punishment under the proposal.

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http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/12/17/south-carolina-lawmakers-propose-5-year-jail-sentence-for-obamacare-implementation

[Control-Z]

1. WTF?

It's too late for this. I'll come back after I've had some sleep. It will make all kinds of sense by then, I'm sure.

[cali]

2. lol. 10 solid hours won't make this anything but insane

Republican fuckwaddery.

Have a good sleep.

[octoberlib]

3. Are we going to have a civil war over healthcare?

They need to secede already. Unbelievable.

[Scuba]

4. Same as the right-wing morans in Wisconsin.

[Are_grits_groceries]

5. Hey, they wanted to impeach

a member of the state legislature because he sarcastically challenged someone to a duel. Dueling is still a big no-no apparently. Forget about high crimes and misdemeanors.

He was probably fed that crap from some mook at the Citadel. Given half a chance, those idiot cadets would attack Fort Sumter.

[Ken Burch]

6. So...how soon 'til they bomb Fort Sumter?

[jmowreader]

7. Yeah buddy...

I wonder if this asshole knows there are more parts,of the Constitution than the second and tenth amendments, or that we predicated letting SC's traitorous asses back into the union only if they agreed to obey our laws?

ppEven our worthless Supreme Court would overturn this in a minute. And the decision, written by Gunnery Sergeant Hartmann, could be sold for $1.99 a copy, proceeds going toward health care for all.

[newfie11]

8. How do people like this get elected

If there are enough folks out there to vote this idiot in, then we do have some serious mental illness in this country.

[Mopar151]

9. Chumley. you idiot!