Grassroots in Nebraska

Working towards Constitutional, limited government

  • Home
  • About
    • About GiN
    • Principles
    • Operating Philosophy
    • Policies
  • Elections
    • Election 2016
    • Election 2014
    • Election 2012
    • Election 2010
    • Local Elections
    • Sample Ballots
  • Local
    • City of Lincoln
    • Lancaster County
  • State
    • Your Representatives
    • Governor
    • NE Unicameral
  • Federal
  • Contact
    • Subscribe
    • Tip Submissions
You are here: Home / Archives for attorneys general lawsuit

Profiling Jon Bruning: An Unorthodox Analysis

Originally published May 11, 2012, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Profiling Jon Bruning: An Unorthodox Analysis

Jon Bruning Last summer, we published articles about three of the five GOP primary candidates running for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Ben Nelson. Those three articles were informational in nature, not analytical. (We hope to update these with some analysis in short order, time permitting): Senator Deb Fischer Hat in Widening GOP […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Elections, Featured, Health Care, Nebraska, Republican Party, US Senate Tagged With: agenda 21, attorney general jon bruning, attorneys general lawsuit, Ben Nelson, bruning senate run 2007, bruning versus johanns, campaign, campaigns, chris beutler, cleaner greener lincoln, daily nebraskan, deb fischer, don stenberg, election 2012, erick erickson, former democrat, goin' green, going green, gop primary candidates, gop senate primary, health care lawsuit, healthcare implementation and lawsuit, healthcare lawsuit, how to choose a candidate, iclei lincoln nebraska, iclei omaha nebraska, is jon bruning conservative, jon bruning, jon bruning basic information, jon bruning campaign finance, jon bruning chris beutler, jon bruning daily nebraskan articles, jon bruning front-runner senate race, jon bruning funds raised, jon bruning leading the fight against obamacare, jon bruning lincoln arena, jon bruning money raised us senate race, jon bruning obamacare, jon bruning stimulus funds, jon bruning vs mike johanns, lincoln mayor, may 15 nebraska primary, ne, nebraska, nebraska attorney general, nebraska campaign finance, nebraska republican party, nebraska republicans, nebraska senate campaigns, nebraska treasurer, nebraska us senate candidates, nebraska's ruling class, negop, obamacare lawsuit, pat flynn, red state, redstate article about jon bruning, republican candidates, republican primary nebraska, republicans, senator fischer, spencer zimmerman, Sustainable Development, the real jon bruning, us senate, us senate candidates, us supreme court obamacare, who is jon bruning

Health Care Reform: Republicans Helping Implementation (For Our Own Good)

Originally published December 6, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 3 Comments

Health Care Reform: Republicans Helping Implementation (For Our Own Good)

“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” ~ James Madison, 1829 So, all quiet on the health care front? Definitely not. There were recent news reports about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to consolidate and hear several health care law […]

Filed Under: 2010 Election, Ben Nelson, Big Brother Government, Congress, Data Gathering, Featured, Federal, Federal Legislation, Governor, Health Care, Legal Limit, Like Drunken Sailors, Nebraska, Senators, State Legislation, State Sovereignty, Stimulus, US House, US Senate, Welfare Tagged With: 2010, 26 states, adrian smith, attorneys general, attorneys general lawsuit, commerce clause, congressional repeal of health care, constitutional, constitutionality, cornhusker kickback, cutting state budgets, dave heineman, de-fund, department of justice, doj, election issues, expanding medicaid programs, facts about health care law, february 2009 stimulus bill, federal court, federal government, florida, gop congress repeal, governor, governors, Health Care, health care court cases, health care implemenation, health care law, health care lawsuit, health care opposition, health care reform, health care setup, health care stimulus provisions, health care unconstitutional, healthcare, healthcare law, healthcare reform, house repeal health care, implementation of health care law, individual mandate, insurance exchanges, interposition, jeff fortenberry, jeremy nordquist, judge roger vinson, justice department, lee terry, local focus, march 21 2010, march 3 ruling, medicaid, medicaid expansion, medicaid program, motion to clarify, nanny state, ne unicameral, nebraska, nebraska gop, nebraska governor, nebraska health care, nebraska tea party, nebraska teaparty, nebraska unicameral, northern district, obama care, obamacare, opposition to health care law implementation, opt-out clause in health care law, original meaning, paca, party politics, repeal, roger vinson, ruling in health care case, senator ben nelson, state budget cuts, state budgets, state government, state implementation of health care, state legislators, state legislatures, state officials, state senators, state sovereignty, states are implementing health care law, stay in health care case, stopping health care, stopping the health care law, supreme court, the nullification debate, truths about health care law, unfunded mandates, universal health care, untold truths about health care law, vinson, welfare programs, welfare state

Health Care Lawsuits: Judge Stays Order, Gives Feds 7 Days to Appeal

Originally published March 9, 2011, By Linda. Updated May 8, 2012. Leave a Comment

dis·in·gen·u·ous Adjective /ˌdisinˈjenyo͞oəs Synonyms: adjective: insincere, false, devious, hollow-hearted Not candid or sincere, typically by pretending that one knows less about something than one really does This definition of the word “disingenuous” should be accompanied by a direct link to the Motion to Clarify the U.S. Justice Department recently sought from Judge Vinson in the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Health Care, Legal Limit Tagged With: 26 states, attorneys general, attorneys general lawsuit, commerce clause, department of justice, doj, federal court, federal government, florida, Health Care, health care court cases, health care lawsuit, health care reform, health care unconstitutional, healthcare, individual mandate, judge roger vinson, justice department, march 3 ruling, motion to clarify, nebraska health care, northern district, obamacare, roger vinson, ruling in health care case, stay in health care case, supreme court, vinson

Alaska Governor: No Health Care Law in AK – WHAT About Nebraska???

Originally published February 18, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 9, 2012. 1 Comment

As we reported on February 1, Federal District Court Judge Roger Vinson issued an opinion in the multi-state Attorneys General lawsuit on January 31, declaring the health care law unconstitutional. Since the ruling came out, many question whether any further activities associated with implementing the law should proceed.  Others conclude the states should move “full […]

Filed Under: Governor, Health Care, Nebraska, State Sovereignty Tagged With: alaska governor, alaska won't be doing health care, alaska won't implement health care, attorneys general lawsuit, dave heineman, declaratory judgment on health care, federal government, governor heineman, governor sean parnell, governors letter, greta van sustern, health care law, health care unconstitutional, healthcare, judge roger vinson, nebraska, obamacare, on the record, opt-out, sean parnell, virginia court

Health Care Reform Law: Will States Ask Supreme Court to Expedite Appeal?

Originally published February 2, 2011, By Linda. Updated March 9, 2012. 2 Comments

In the wake of Judge Roger Vinson’s recent decision invalidating the health reform law, legal wonks from expert to amateur are evaluating both the odds that the states who were victorious in that lawsuit will request the U. S. Supreme Court to expedite appeal of the case and the odds that the Supreme Court would […]

Filed Under: Featured, Health Care, Legal Limit Tagged With: ags lawsuit health care, attorneys general lawsuit, constitutionality of health care reform, federal court ruling health care, health care law, health care reform, health care reform appeal, health care reform appeals process, health care unconstitutional, implementation of health care law, judge roger vinson, judge vinson ruling, legal limit, obamacare, states lawsuit, supreme court health care, us supreme court, virginia court ruling

10 Untold Truths About Health Care Law State Officials Hope You Miss

Originally published January 29, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated December 8, 2014. 10 Comments

10 Untold Truths About Health Care Law State Officials Hope You Miss

Updated May 2012: To clarify it’s overall message: State officials hope you miss the truths listed here simply because most of them and their predecessors in office have painted themselves into a corner. Please share this with anyone you know who does not want the health care law implemented. While this article has been written […]

Filed Under: Budget, Health Care, Nebraska, State Sovereignty, Unicameral Tagged With: adrian smith, attorneys general lawsuit, congress, dave heineman, election issues, expanding medicaid programs, governor, Health Care, health care law, health care reform, implementation, insurance exchanges, jeff fortenberry, jeremy nordquist, lee terry, medicaid, medicaid expansion, nebraska, nebraska gop, obama care, obamacare, repeal, state budgets, state legislators, state legislatures, stimulus bill, Unicameral, universal health care, welfare programs, welfare state

ACTION ALERT: YOU Can Do Something About That Health Care Law

Originally published October 24, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated March 9, 2012. 1 Comment

ACTION ALERT: YOU Can Do Something About That Health Care Law

By Shelli Dawdy UPDATE: This article is generating a lot of interest and of course that is a very good thing. I am concerned, however, that people from other states may be disappointed when they discover the fact this is a particular call to Nebraskans to act. For those who ARE from outside NE, I […]

Filed Under: Action Alerts, Featured, Health Care, Senators, Smoking Section, Taking Action Tagged With: action, action alert, attorney general, attorneys general lawsuit, Ben Nelson, blue cross blue shield, budget, cato institute, chairman, committee, conflicts of interest, congress, costs, court, coverage, defund, district 7, election, election 2010, election day, fighting health care, flyer, general election, gop, governor, governor heineman, Handouts, Health Care, health care law, healthcare, heinemen, increasing costs, individual mandate, insurance, insurance companies, jeremy nordquist, jon bruning, legislator website, legislature, letter, lincoln journal star, majority, mandate, medicaid, national conference of state legislatures, ncsl, ne, ne unicameral, nebraska, nebraska tea party, nebraskans, omaha world herald, one world clinic, polls, prenatal care, priorities, public input, rasmussen reports, reform, repeal, republican, republicans, Sebelius, senator, senators, shortfall, state budget, state sovereignty, survey, tea parties, Tea Party, teaparties, teaparty, third party providers, unfunded mandates, Unicameral, united health care

What We Can Do To Stop Health Care: So Far It Is NOT Enough

Originally published October 16, 2010, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated January 25, 2011. Leave a Comment

What We Can Do To Stop Health Care: So Far It Is NOT Enough

Two-thirds of Nebraskans don’t want the health care law implemented. Of that number it’s impossible to know how many realize that there is more than one way to fight its implementation. Considering the potential damage the fully implemented law would cause to the economy, quality of care, medical innovation, and individual liberty, it stands to […]

Filed Under: Featured, Federal Legislation, Governor, Health Care, State Sovereignty, Taking Action, Tenth Amendment, Unicameral Tagged With: 10th Amendment, 2012, 2014, attorneys general lawsuit, ballot initiative, bill, bills, congress, democratic, election 2010, european socialism, fourteenth amendment, governor, Health Care, healthcare, house of representatives, idaho, implement, implementation, implemention by states, individual mandate, jeremy nordquist, legislature, liberty, majority congress, missouri, nebraska, november 2, nullification, nullification legislation, nullification measure, obama veto, opt-out, opt-out clause, presidential election, quality of care, repeal health care, republican, republican majority, republicans, restructure, senate, state sovereignty, states and health care, states and healthcare, step by step, supreme court, Taxes, Tenth Amendment, unconstitutional, Unicameral, us senate, us supreme court

Full Text of AGs’ Complaint Challenging Health Reform

Originally published April 6, 2010, By Linda. Updated March 9, 2012. Leave a Comment

As the headline indicates, the full text of the complaint challenging the constitutionality of federal health reform legislation is now available online.  The suit was filed by the Attorneys General of 14 states, named in the complaint.  On Monday, April 5th, Indiana and North Dakota joined in the suit, bringing the total to 16.  News […]

Filed Under: Health Care, Legal Limit Tagged With: attorney general complaint, attorneys general complaint, attorneys general lawsuit, bill mccollum, federal lawsuit health care, florida attorney general bill mccollum, florida lawsuit, fox news, full text health care complaint, gin, Grassroots in Nebraska, health care bill, health care complaint, health care court case, health care lawsuit, health insurance reform, health law, healthcare bill, healthcare court case, healthcare law, healthcare lawsuit, information about federal health care lawsuit, interposition, nullficiation, state soverignty, states attorneys general lawsuit, what is the attorney general lawsuit

AGs Lawsuit re Health Reform: Why We Cannot Depend Upon It

Originally published April 2, 2010, By Linda. Updated March 31, 2011. Leave a Comment

In the FAQ I recently posted about the process the lawsuit filed by 14 states’ Attorneys General will have to go through to get to the U.S. Supreme Court, I predicted that the case could take as long as four years to get there.  In a recent interview, Bill McCollum, Florida’s Attorney General and one […]

Filed Under: Federal Legislation, Health Care, Legal Limit, Tenth Amendment, Videos Tagged With: andrew napolitano, attorneys general lawsuit, bill mccollum, federal lawsuit health care, florida attorney general bill mccollum, florida lawsuit, fox news, georgetown law professor, gin, glenn beck show, Grassroots in Nebraska, health care bill, health care court case, health care lawsuit, health insurance reform, health law, healthcare bill, healthcare court case, healthcare law, healthcare lawsuit, information about federal health care lawsuit, interposition, judge andrew Napolitano, judge napolitano, judgenap, napolitano interview attorneys general lawsuit, napolitano interview professor, nullficiation, professor randy barnett, state soverignty, states attorneys general lawsuit, what is the attorney general lawsuit

  • 1
  • 2
  • Next Page »

Latest

Dream Small

Dream Small

In 2016, during a period of about a year when it seemed possible -- even likely … Read full article...

Nebraska 2018 Primary Election Sample Ballots

Nebraska 2018 Primary Election Sample Ballots

Back by popular dem