Tea Party loses Obamacare suits in Kentucky, but appeal looms

There is hope. And in the immortal words of Big Bird, where there's hope, there's birdseed.

The Tea Party's action against Kentucky participating in Obamacare isn't just one legal case. It's a pair of frivolous lawsuits. One suit challenged the Beshear administration's expansion of Medicaid. The other fought the state's creation of its new health care exchange. (Some sources say Kentucky is the first state to establish an exchange.)

It was clear the suits had no merit. In fact, Kentucky should have been sued if it didn't expand Medicaid. Kentucky has a state law from the days when Medicaid was first created that requires the state to accept expansion of programs like Medicaid. This law is thoroughly unambiguous. There's also the matter of public opinion. I know the federal health care law is a weak effort, but who in the world could possibly be against Medicaid expansion?

Hypocritically, the Tea Party argued that Beshear bringing Kentucky into Obamacare violated separation of powers, for they claimed only the legislative branch could do it. Yet by filing these suits, they expected the judicial branch to adopt the powers of the other 2 branches.

Well, eventually the bottom had to drop out, I guess. Yesterday, a judge threw out both of the Tea Party's suits.

But the Tea Party plans to waste more taxpayer money by appealing the court's ruling all the way to the Kentucky Supreme Court. Now that's fiscal responsibility, Tea Party style!

Meanwhile, yesterday's ruling stands as one of the most important decisions so far against Tea Party tyranny and elitism in Kentucky.

(Source: http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130903/NEWS01/309030083/Kentucky-Medicaid-expansion-healthcare-exchanges-proceed-judge-s-approval)