Thread: I need a lawyer

I would like to find a lawyer that will represent me in a class action lawsuit against the government and it's illegal bribe of Nebraska's Senator Nelson. New York State is almost bankrupt and our taxes are through the roof. We are cutting education and healthcare as we speak. NY has some of the highest taxes in America and we should not have to add to them Nebraska's Medicaid Welfare payment's. This Obama and Reid bribe is the epitome of what is wrong in America.

I thought I heard that you can't sue the govt.

However, I was wondering if it is possible to sue a congress man or woman? Are they considered "government" as individuals or as a whole? I was thinking about this the other day so it is interesting that this subject would come up. It would take a LOT of money to defeat a congress person in court obviously.

It may be too early to press a class action suit against anyone, as the House and Senate still have to reconcile their bills, vote on the end product and it become law if Obama signs it.
Most attorneys will give you a freebie interview before you start paying them.

There are 13 State AG's that are suing as we speak. Regardless of the bills reconcilliation it is a done deal for Nelson and Nebraska. I could spend the next 20 years speaking to lawyers, there must be a conservative lawyer in NY State that is willing to file this suit Pro Bono. The free publicity that he will get from it Nationally should be worth it. I wish our AG was not a liberal and actually worked for the people

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The Hill
Hatch: Healthcare bill 'rich' for challenges on constitutionality
By Tony Romm - 01/02/10 10:05 AM ET

Democrats' healthcare legislation is a "target-rich environment" for constitutional challenges and legal battles, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) wrote on Saturday.

The bill's provisions for an insurance coverage mandate, a manifest Medicaid expansion and new insurance exchange all violate key sections of the country's guiding legal document, wrote the senator in the Wall Street Journal, along with Kenneth Blackwell, a senior fellow with the Family Research Council, and Kenneth Klukowski, a fellow and senior legal analyst with the American Civil Rights Union.

"America's founders intended the federal government to have limited powers and that the states have an independent sovereign place in our system of government," noted Hatch, formerly the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. "The Obama/Reid/Pelosi legislation to take control of the American health-care system is the most sweeping and intrusive federal program ever devised."

"If the federal government can do this, then it can do anything, and the limits on government power that our liberty requires will be more myth than reality," he added.

Hatch and his colleagues offer three arguments against Democrats' reforms:

- The individual mandate far exceeds any mandate provided under the Constitution's commerce clause. Writes Hatch: the "Constitution does not give Congress the power to require that Americans purchase health insurance. Congress must be able to point to at least one of its powers listed in the Constitution as the basis of any legislation it passes. None of those powers justifies the individual insurance mandate."

- The bill's move to expand Medicaid is unprecedented, but its provision to cover in full Nebraska's new Medicaid costs -- in part to win Sen. Ben Nelson's (D-Neb.) vote -- is legally suspect. "This selective spending targeted at certain states runs afoul of the general welfare clause. The welfare it serves is instead very specific and has been dubbed "cash for cloture" because it secured the 60 votes the majority needed to end debate and pass this legislation," the senator said.

- The proposed insurance exchange "violates the letter, the spirit, and the interpretation of our federal-state form of government," Hatch said.

Nevertheless, at least one constitutional challenge is already underway. Attorneys general in 13 states last week announced they would probe the Medicaid deal in particular, fearing the money unfairly burdened their local governments.

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http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing- ... challenges

Thanks Populist. This payoff to Nelson is just a bribe. This can not be allowed, the Federal Government can not bribe a Senator in a particular state and pay him with the taxpayer money from other states. It grates at me that the media is not all over this, but then again we are talking about the liberal media and Obama, Reid and Botox Pelosi.

Unbelievable that Congress thinks these things pass the "smell test." The Mary Landrieu deal for Louisiana, and all of the other bribery going on to get government health care control, and ultimately a perceived view of total Democrat control if amnesty is ever realized (with the help of SEIU, ACORN, La Raza, etc.). Up to 20 million extra potential Democrat voters can keep the welfare flowing and the socialism coming.

2010 will have to see some real change, or more bad news for the United States with the guys in control now. Senator Nelson is a great start. Let Americans from every other state pick up the tab for Nebraska.

Psalm 91

The 13 AGs are probing this, not necessarily filing suit. Once this has gone beyond the exploratory phase to actual lawsuits, there will be plenty of talk. At this point, there are these deals which could disappear overnight.

There should be 49 AG's plus DC filing on this..

Originally Posted by wmarincic

I would like to find a lawyer that will represent me in a class action lawsuit against the government and it's illegal bribe of Nebraska's Senator Nelson. New York State is almost bankrupt and our taxes are through the roof. We are cutting education and healthcare as we speak. NY has some of the highest taxes in America and we should not have to add to them Nebraska's Medicaid Welfare payment's. This Obama and Reid bribe is the epitome of what is wrong in America.

Good luck. One of the powers of the government is to tax. If the court were to even consider hearing this they would say throw the bums out if you don't like it.