Thursday, June 28, 2012
The Supreme Court today upheld President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare law.
Georgia Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock) has responded to the Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare law: "The decision by the United States Supreme Court stands contrary to the very principles of freedom on which our nation was founded. The idea that a Federal Government could wield this much power and control over sovereign citizens is surely not an idea contemplated by our forefathers. The pathway towards a return to liberty involves electing conservatives in every office in the land. This should be followed by a simultaneous repeal of Obamacare in Congress and every constitutional roadblock the individual states can muster. Georgia maintains the right …
Anyone who does not have it by 2014 will pay a penalty on their 2015 taxes.
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the healthcare mandate requiring most people to have health insurance by 2014, CBS reports. The upheld provisions include the individual mandate a provision allowing children to stay on their parents' healthcare until they're 26. A contributor to the Supreme Court liveblog wrote, "The bottom line: the entire ACA is upheld, with the exception that the federal government's power to terminate states' Medicaid funds is narrowly read." Who voted for what: Pro: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and swing-vote Chief Justice John Roberts. Dissent: Justices Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas and Alito. See this link to read the full opinion. Don’t miss any of the local news you …
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
"This is a major step forward," charter organizers said. "However, it is not the final step."
Updated: 3:47 p.m. Tuesday Just four days after the Cherokee County Board of Education denied its third petition for a charter, the state Board of Education approved Cherokee Charter Academy as a state-chartered special school this morning. The Georgia Charter Educational Foundation, the body that governs Cherokee Charter Academy, called today's decision "a major step forward. "We are very pleased with the Department of Education’s demonstration of confidence and their commitment to working with commission schools to provide education options that best fit the needs of students," the group said in a statement. It wasn't the route that the foundation preferred. "Although we are pursuing State Special Charter School status as an option," …
Monday, June 27, 2011
Charter committee recommends the Georgia Board of Education approve the school on Tuesday.
Three days after the Cherokee County Board of Education denied the Cherokee Charter Academy for a third time, a committee of the state Board of Education has recommended it for approval. "The charter committee is recommending approval to the full state board," said Justin Pauly, a spokesman with the Georgia Department of Education. "Cherokee is in that group to be voted as a state-chartered special school." The full board will meet by conference call at 9 a.m. Tuesday to decide the fate of Cherokee Charter and 10 other state-commissioned schools still in the lurch after a May 16 Supreme Court ruling. The call will be held at the Georgia Department of Education on the 20th floor of the East Tower. The department is located at 205 Jesse Hill…
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Monday, June 20, 2011
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Monday, June 13, 2011
Cherokee Charter Academy's fate rests with the Cherokee County and State Boards of Education.
UPDATED: 1 p.m. Monday Cherokee Charter Academy's last hope for opening this August rests with the Cherokee County and State Boards of Education after the Supreme Court of Georgia denied a motion that asked the justices to reconsider a 4-3 decision toppling the 2008 Georgia Charter Schools Commission Act. "As with the original decision," court spokeswoman Jane Hansen said this morning, "the vote was 4-3 to deny the motion." An official with the Georgia Charter Educational Foundation, the body that governs Cherokee Charter Academy, said she was "disappointed, not surprised. "It has been repeatedly called a Hail Mary pass, which it was," said Lyn Michaels-Carden, who sits on the Georgia Charter Educational Foundation board. "We really did …
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Frank Jones
10:29 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012
Roy, the healthcare law is constitutional since the SCOTUS says it is. If you recall, prior to the republicans spreading lies about death panels, WE THE PEOPLE were in favor if the law. Even now, the majority of WE THE PEOPLE support the major clauses but take issue at the penalty. But let's take a look at that. Who does the penalty impact? Only those who don't have insurance and who refuse to … more ›