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VIDEO: COBURN NAILS KAGAN ON COMMERCE CLAUSE ARGUMENT FOR OBAMACARE

The alleged justification for Obamacare’s insurance mandate is that it is permitted under the Constitution’s commerce clause. But Congress has never used that clause to punish people for NOT DOING SOMETHING. If upheld by the Supremes, it means that the government can force you to do anything.
It can, for example, fine you for not eating your vegetables. […]

Posted 29 June 2010 † Catron § Constitutional BS § Mandate BS § Obamacare BS ‡ Comments (0)

HOW WILL KAGAN RULE ON OBAMACARE?

Let’s face it, Elena Kagan will soon be a member of the Supreme Court. And it goes without saying that, being a progressive, she will be a justice with an elastic view of the Constitution. But is her view of the the Constitution so elastic that she would uphold Obamacare’s individual mandate? The answer is probably YES.
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Posted 28 June 2010 † Catron § Constitutional BS § Mandate BS ‡ Comments (0)