Thomas Fitton
President of Judicial Watch
(P.O. Box 96234, Washington D.C. 20090-6234)
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Because
no one is above the law!
Honorary Co-Complainant in our
Obamacare-related lawsuits
Dear
Judicial Watch Supporter:
[2-2014
partial letter] I am asking you to sign on today as an Honorary Co-Complainant
in our Obamacare-related lawsuits for one very simple reason.
Whether
Obamacare remains on the books or is eventually repealed by Congress,
the secret deals, the corruption, and the unconstitutional actions
that have marked this Big Government powergrab by Barack Obama must be exposed and prosecuted. There is no time to waste.
I
urgently need your support as an Honorary
Co-Complainant to help bring the full pressure of our legal and
investigative expertise to bear on the
rampant corruption, secrecy, and lawlessness that surrounds Obamacare. Right from the beginning everything about Obamacare
has been a disaster.
·
This government
takeover one-six of the American economy was cooked up with special interest
groups behind closed doors, based on phony financial assumptions – and to buy
votes in Congress the Obama gang loaded it up with corrupt deals like the "Cornhusker
Kickback" and the "Louisiana Purchase";
·
To sell his Big
Government power grab and then win re-election, President Obama lied to the
American people for over three years with statements like "If you like your healthcare plan, you'll be
able to keep your healthcare plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter
what" and "If you like your doctor; you can keep your doctor."
·
Incredibly, when Obamacare
was challenged at the U.S. Supreme Court in 2012, Chief Justice John Roberts
decided to legislate from the bench and, in a arrogant exercise of judicial
activism, saved it by asserting it was constitutional under Congress' taxing
power;
·
The "rollout"
of Obamacare, three and a half years after it became law and after nearly $700
MILLION taxpayer dollars squandered on the creation of healthcare.gov, it
continues to be a complete debacle;
·
As healthcare.gov
was proving to be the most expensive non-working website in history, millions
of Americans are learning they're losing their healthcare insurance coverage,
contrary to President Obama promises;
·
And millions more
Americans are being reduced from full-time to part-time employment because
their employers cannot afford the onerous new costs of healthcare insurance
under Obamacare!
We
and other conservatives always knew that Obamacare was a train wreck waiting to
happen, a political scheme full of lies and half truths. And now the American
people know that Barack Obama . . .
1)
Lied to us when
he promised "That's what I will do
in bringing all parties together, not negotiating behind closed doors"
to create Obamacare;
2)
Lied to us about
our ability to keep our own health plans and doctors under Obamacare;
3)
Lied to us about
Obamacare's real costs and its impact on the national debt;
4)
And lied to us
about the government's ability to manage this Big Government monstrosity.
The
congressional midterm elections in 2014 and the presidential election in 2016
may well result in Obamacare's repeal.
But
for the American people to make informed election-day decisions, they must know
all the facts . . . including the facts about the corruption, secrecy, and
unconstitutional executive actions that are part and parcel of Obamacare!
More importantly, if laws were broken,
corrupt deals struck, and the Constitution violated, those acts must be exposed
and prosecuted to the full extent of the law!
As
conservatives, we believe that the bigger government is, the bigger the
opportunities are for corruption and secrecy. That's why we have been deeply
involved in investigations and litigation over Obamacare since 2010 . . . the
year it was passed into law by Congress.
·
The Obamacare
legislation was hatched in secret meetings that included President Obama, Vice
President Joe Biden, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and
key special interest lobbyists.
That's
why we launched a full open records investigation to get to the facts behind
these meetings and deals that arose out of them, especially the over 200 "waivers"
from Obamacare granted to politically well-connected labor unions and
companies.
·
We also believe
that Obamacare's "individual mandate" is unconstitutional, no matter
that Chief Justice Roberts and a block of liberal Supreme Court Justices
decided it is a "tax."
That's
why we filed an "amicus curiae" brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in
2012 challenging Obamacare's constitutionality.
·
We also believe
that a President does not have the authority to ignore a clear,
congressionally-imposed deadline contained within an Act of Congress . . . especially
one that directly affects hundreds of thousands of employers and millions of
employees.
That's
why last fall, on behalf of a Florida-based orthodontics practice, we sued the
Obama administration over President Obama's unilateral decision to delay the "employer
mandate" component of the Obamacare law.
We
believe this arbitrary action violates federal law and exceeds Executive Branch
power. It is one more unconstitutional power grab by the Obama administration,
and we will not let them get away with it unchallenged!
·
The chronically
secretive Obama administration has contempt for the people's "right to
know" and is desperately trying to cover-up ugly and inconvenient facts
about the real pain and hardship that Obamacare is now causing millions of
Americans, and the damage it is doing to the insurance marketplace.
That's
why we're also seeking data from the insurance compliance division of every
state in America about policy cancellations.
As
you'll read in this month's Verdict,
information we've received to date reveals very high numbers of policy
cancellations in 2013 and 2014 as a direct result of Obamacare (for example,
250,000 Pennsylvanians are losing their insurance coverage, as are nearly
80,000 individuals in Connecticut).
These
numbers, provided by state insurance regulators, directly contradict claims by
the White House and again prove that Obamacare is built on a tissue of lies.
(You may review this data at www.judicialwatch.org)
(Obama
administration secrecy is also why we had to sue the Health and Human Services Department
to obtain full information about the actual number of individuals who enrolled
in Obamacare at healthcare.gov during its first days of operation!)
·
Since we believe
that big government brings big corruption, and since the Obama administration has
routinely rewarded its allies with fat federal contracts, we've carefully
monitored Obamacare-related contracts.
That's
why we launched a full-scale investigation into Obamacare's disastrous rollout,
including the $678 MILLION squandered on a no-bid government contract to build
the dysfunctional healthcare.gov website.
We
are now deploying all our expertise in getting to the facts about the myriad
scandals surrounding Obamacare . . . But we can't do it on our own.. .we need
your help! Specifically, I need you to:
1) Sign the [requested]
enclosed Honorary Co-Complainant form.
Your
decision to sign on as an Honorary Co-Complainant does not in any way bind you
to the outcome of our lawsuits. But your status as an Honorary Co-Complainant
shows your determination to hold accountable under the law anyone who has
engaged in deceitful or corrupt acts in furthering Obamacare!
2) Back up your
signed Honorary Co-Complainant form with a generous tax-deductible contribution
to Judicial Watch.
Judicial
Watch relies entirely on the contributions of dedicated supporters like you to
carry forward all our investigative, legal and public education work. And in
these early months of 2014, as we carry such an enormous caseload of
investigations and lawsuits, your help is most urgently needed!
Americans
have trusted Judicial Watch for twenty years to use the courts to fight against
public corruption and for the American people's right to know.
Today, confronted with the
radically leftist and lawless Obama administration, our role is more critically important
than ever.
That's why it is so critical that you
give Judicial Watch your active personal and finacial support today!
Please
[request for and] sign your Honorary Co-Complainant form today and help support
us with your best tax-deductible gift. Working with you, I know Judicial Watch
can continue to lead the fight for open government . . . and hold Barack Obama
and his administration accountable under the law!
Sincerely,
Thomas
Fitton
President
P.S. Because of the chronic
obstructionism and secrecy of the Obama administration, I anticipate that we
will be forced to file additional lawsuits in the very near future . . . [Please
request for Honorary Co-Complaint
form if you haven't received one (JW,
P.O. Box 96234, Washington D.C. 20090-6234)]!