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On the one hand you have a congressman who does not have an island that goes all the way to the bottom. On the other a former senator with clogged tubes. Why should anyone demand this one be concerned with the constitution?
Hopefully his suv made it safely to the all-u-can-eat buffet. Maybe he can meet his Republican counterpart in the can.
I ask my fellow Americans to vote the incumbents out. Lets see some real change. (I know I know, pigs will fly first.)
what a heartless bastard. He cares more about people dying than a piece of paper.
From Title 10 USC:
24,28,30,31 etc. Does it really make any practical difference which particular government has a law that makes you uncomfortable? There isn’t a state that will let you drive uninsured and for the large majority of people in the U.S. not owning a car is *not* an option. There simply isn’t enough public transport coverage to survive, unless you happen to be a city dweller.
If you don’t like health insurance you have an option of not paying – this will not make you a felon.
you will not die either because hospitals are not allowed to refuse treatment just because you are poor or don’t have an insurance.
This is actually a much better social program than let’s say the Social Security. Here you can pick a private provider and fine tune your policy. With SS you are forced into a government trust with zero investment choices. So thank god they have not turned this into a fixed healthcare federal tax.
Personally, I think the “general welfare” of the US is served by assuring food and drug safety, sufficient transportation, adequate borders, etc. Health insurance is very specific – i.e. not general. I think they may have stretched the provisions of the commerce clause too far this time. Be interesting what the SC says about it after Obama dissed ‘e m so badly at the State of the UNion address.
#16 aartimus: Good catch. Thanks for that. Maybe SeaLawyer or someone with some legal training can tell us what has happened with the Militia act. It’s obviously no longer in effect as the IRS hasn’t insisted I go out and buy a gun recently. Actually, the Act did not require anyone to BUY a weapon. It only instructed them to PROVIDE themselves a weapon. A father might give or loan the son a weapon.
And, on the face of it, it is unconstitutional since it affects only a subset of the population (i,e, young, white males) thus discriminating against females, people of color and the aged. Also, and very importantly, the 1792 Militia Act only affected those men who had been notified of their being enrolled into a militia – i.e. drafted (“…every citizen, so enrolled and notified, shall, within six months thereafter, provide himself with a good musket…”) and the Militia Act had one other caveat that sort of changes the tone: “That whenever the United States shall be invaded, or be in imminent danger of invasion from any foreign nation or Indian tribe…”
But it still is a precedent, though a weak one. Things will get interesting when the Supremes get to hear these points.
As for those of you above who do not understand the difference between Federally mandated health insurance just to be a citizen of the USA and state-mandated car insurance to protect people you might injure while exercising the privilege of driving a car, go back to bed and maybe your mother will bring you some warm Bosco. Driving a car is not a right, evidence – you must be licensed to do it legally.