Judge refuses to let House ObamaCare suit move to another court

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The Hill:

A federal judge on Monday denied a request from the Obama administration to immediately appeal a ruling in House Republicans’ ObamaCare lawsuit.

 

The district court judge, Rosemary Collyer, a Republican appointee of President George W. Bush, last month gave the House GOP a big win by ruling that their lawsuit against the administration could move forward.

 

The Obama administration strongly objected to that decision and asked for the ability to immediately appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. But on Monday Collyer denied that request, deciding that she will first decide the substance of the case.

Collyer wrote that a ruling on the substance of the case would not take much more time — “a matter of months” — and that the appeals court “will be best served by reviewing a complete record” on both the standing issue and the substance of the case.

In the case, House v. Burwell, GOP lawmakers argue that President Obama is overstepping his constitutional powers by spending money on an ObamaCare program that Congress has not appropriated money for.