After the legislative wave

Mere Comments is all over the aftermath of the passing of supersize health care reform legislation, quoting Archbishop Chaput and the site's own James Kushiner, who notes:

"...in order to provide for "Health" you must first of all know what a human being is.This Administration pretends not to to know what a human being is, and therefore cannot possibly even know what a human being is for, which means that "health care" will come to mean many things, depending on who comes to power and decides each and every detail. Does "health care," for example, mean that teenagers must have access to condoms, or that every man has a right to free viagra? Will mothers-to-be have a right to medical coverage for a Down Syndrome child if they choose not to have an abortion? In 2020? Do infertile couples have a right to in vitro fertilization? Do lesbian couples have a right to bear children? And does health care mean paying for the process to make that happen?"

Cassandra has more (along the lines of "Deficit neutral? It is to laugh!"). Ace is recording second thoughts about the new law, and also the first of what are likely to be many anecdotes about businesses taking it on the chin.

Similarly, the feckless attempt at stealth for an executive order amending the legislative monstrosity just a tad cannot bode well, as Kathleen Parker (!) had suggested it would not:

The executive order promising that no federal funds will be used for abortion is utterly useless, and everybody knows it.

First, the president can revoke it as quickly as he signs it.

Second, an order cannot confer jurisdiction in the courts or establish any grounds for suing anybody in court, according to a former White House counsel. The order is therefore judicially unenforceable.

Finally, an executive order cannot trump or change a federal statute.