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MadHound

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6. Really? I'd like to see a link to uphold that claim of yours,

Reply to COLGATE4 (Reply #4)

Mon Jun 25, 2012, 10:19 AM

Jun 2012

Because frankly I'm not seeing it. Most legal scholars are pointing to Commerce Clause, and the Necessary and Proper Clause, stating that the Constitution empowers the government to regulate interstate trade. But regulation is much different from legally forcing a person to buy a product from a for profit company.

If this law is upheld from the court, it would set a devastating precedent. What other products will we be forced to buy simply as a condition of being a US citizen? Do you really want to go down that slippery slope?

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Time to really expose the activist judges [View all] malaise Jun 2012 OP

What you see as "activist" many see as common sense. MadHound Jun 2012 #1

Most unbiased legal scholars believe that COLGATE4 Jun 2012 #4

Really? I'd like to see a link to uphold that claim of yours, MadHound Jun 2012 #6

If you haven't been following the plethora COLGATE4 Jun 2012 #15

I still don't get why it's different from all of the other types of insurances we can be required by patrice Jun 2012 #8

Like forcing you to buy auto insurance? MadHound Jun 2012 #10

Well not to put a too fine a point on it, Yes. SoutherDem Jun 2012 #12

I saw recently that Howard Dean wants the mandate to go away. The result will be that prices go up, patrice Jun 2012 #14

No - it's paying a fine. COLGATE4 Jun 2012 #16

Generally those are state laws Shrek Jun 2012 #13

The difference is that mandates for auto insurance, etc. are all imposed by the states slackmaster Jun 2012 #18

common sense from the roberts court? bwahahahahahaaaa spanone Jun 2012 #9

Frankly, given the pro-corporate nature of this court, I'm sure they're in a real bind MadHound Jun 2012 #11

The Problem Of The Equivelency Game... KharmaTrain Jun 2012 #2

Until recently (D) and (R) used 'activist' in different senses. Igel Jun 2012 #17

They have been fully exposed since 2000. And nothing has happened Autumn Jun 2012 #3

I'm all for everyone knowing more about exactly what is going on. Beginning with the fact patrice Jun 2012 #5

k&r... spanone Jun 2012 #7