The National Constitution Center here in Philadelphia is holding
a strange and intriguing event tomorrow—“a futuristic
moot court testing the constitutionality of rationing health
care,” featuring Ken Starr arguing against former Clinton DOJer
Nina Pillard before a panel of judges and legal luminaries. The
set-up is enough to earn the NCC all manner of kudos and
accolades in my book for the inventiveness and sheer originality
they’re applying to thorny legal and constitutional
issues/challenges:
When a massive, global outbreak of a deadly form of “Simian”
flu hits the United States in the summer of 2020, a shortfall
of vaccine puts the country in a panic and presses Congress
into passing a law that gives priority to individuals at risk
without making any reference to citizenship. The Arizona state
legislature interprets this silence as a grant to impose its
own citizenship-based priority scheme, restricting access to
vaccines for non-citizens. A group—consisting of non-citizen
pregnant women, parents with young children, and resident
aliens—brings a class action lawsuit challenging the law.
Kind of shines a new light on that Russian ape that was just
sent to rehab, no?
Also, while we’re at it, the Ancient Rome &
America exhibit is definitely worth your while as well.
SoCon| 2.26.10 @ 2:23PM
You mean the constitutionality of 'Death Panels'.
Sarah was right.
Tim| 2.26.10 @ 3:04PM
George Taylor: A planet where apes evolved from men? There's got to be an answer.
Dr. Zaius: Don't look for it, Taylor. You may not like what you find.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063442/quotes
rhtouf | 3.9.10 @ 10:17PM
That is because it is not good to fight a strong conservative with a third party.
9874whytr | 3.9.10 @ 10:18PM
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