(07-09-2025 05:34 PM)Redbanksdog Wrote: (07-09-2025 04:34 PM)tanqtonic Wrote: (07-09-2025 04:00 PM)Redbanksdog Wrote: (07-09-2025 03:28 PM)tanqtonic Wrote: (07-09-2025 02:58 PM)Redbanksdog Wrote: True but,
Planned Parenthood receives Medicaid payments for other health services, which helps support its overall operations, including abortion services.
Yep. Not germane.
Quote: However, political and legal challenges, such as recent Supreme Court rulings, have allowed states to block Medicaid funding for services at Planned Parenthood.
And all are subject to ongoing suits under the 'any qualified provider' regime in the statute.
And the Supreme Court hasnt per se allowed states to block Medicaid funding. The Couth Carolina case only ruled that the count in the suit wasnt a proper vehicle for the plaintiffs to file suit, and no real plaintiff was really in the suit. The SCOTUS simply vanished the suit saying that the plaintiffs and the claim were not a proper match.
Quote: If the Supreme Court say states can block funding why not the federal government.
This suit is very different -- it brings up the concepts of Bill of Attainder, and viewpoint discrimination as being improper.
Quote: There is no law that says the federal government has to fund Nonprofit Organization.
There is plenty of law that says a government may not use improper viewpoint discrimination to do so.
There is plenty of law that says a government may not write a law that *specifically* applies to only one entity.
"Yep. Not germane"
Maybe not to you.
"And the Supreme Court hasnt per se allowed states to block Medicaid funding"
The Supreme Court has indeed ruled that states can block Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood. In a 6-3 decision on June 26, 2025, the Court held that states are not required to allow Medicaid patients to choose any qualified provider, including Planned Parenthood, and that patients cannot sue under Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871 to enforce such a right.
Compare the bolded to my "The Couth Carolina case only ruled that the count in the suit wasnt a proper vehicle for the plaintiffs to file suit, and no real plaintiff was really in the suit."
The suit was filed under a particualr provision that the they didnt have standing.
That is wholly different than a suit based on exclusion from being a provider based on 'viewpoint discrimination'.
Quote: This decision effectively allows states to exclude providers like Planned Parenthood from their Medicaid programs, even for services unrelated to abortion, such as contraception and cancer screenings.
And again, the SC case decided *still* does not allow for an exclusion based on viewpoint discrimination.
Quote: I will says this again,
There is no law that says the federal government has to fund Nonprofit Organization.
And I will say it again as well: no entity may be barred because they hold a particular political viewpoint. Something the recent SC case doesnt even touch.
Maybe read your 'say it again', then read mine. They are different things.
Well I guess we will have to wait and see if that Bill of Attainder or viewpoint discrimination idea works out for PP and others that you have hitched your wagon to.
I don't believe you're going to get that ruling you are looking for in this case. Keep swinging for the fence, you might get one out of the infield one day. 
You keep swinging for the fence as well, my friend.
The funny thing this entire thread is because some dumbfks here thought the issue was direct funding. ANd the entire world got rizzed up when it was noted that there are some underlying other issues beyond the 'dumbfk bait' of simply 'funded'.
And the other thing that is funny my entire stance is that there is more to the issue than the 'dumbfk bait' of simply funded. And more than 'wow, some judge simply ran an injunction against a WRITTEN law.'
Honestly, in the end, the PP stance may or may not stand. But it goes well beyond the simpleton issue of 'the gubbmint can write any law they want, in any manner they want.' In short, they cant. And the law that was written in this issue, and the manner that it was written, does seemingly have a bit more issue to it beyond the first level screech of the cited initial piece going on the warpath because 'some out of control court JUST ran an injunction against a readily legible law'.
And the other real fun thing is how everyone here now tags me with 'the PP is gonna win', when I havent even noted that.
Funny that. I am glad you at least understand there is more than the myna bird 'law was written, how dare the court enjoin it, the utter sheer depravity' that seems the normal reaction sround here. Or perhaps you dont.
Im truly amused how many conservatives simply ditch the concepts of 1st, 4th, 5th, 6th, 10th, and 14th Amendments in view of potential Fed Govt overreach these days. It used to be conservative types that actually cared about those concepts. I guess when they run afoul of their god worship, fairly convenient to walk away from that base conviction muy pronto.
It really is laughable.