Tag Archives: constitutional

Obama Eats His Words

Posted on April 4, 2012 , Updated on April 5, 2012

President Obama is being forced to modify his absurdly wrong claim that it would be “unprecedented” for the Supreme Court to strike down the new health care law. He made that statement April 2 in a news conference: Obama, April 2: Ultimately, I’m confident that the Supreme Court will not …
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Enter the Lawyers

Posted on March 22, 2010

You knew they were coming, didn’t you? Back in October, we were getting lots of e-mail asking if the health care overhaul bill was constitutional or not, particularly the part that requires each individual to have insurance. Our conclusion? We couldn’t really give one, of course, but we talked through …
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Health Care and the Founding Fathers

Posted on December 24, 2009

Expect January to be dominated by House-Senate wrangling over the final shape of the gargantuan bill to overhaul the nation’s health insurance system. Some opponents of the measures, though, are readying themselves for another potential fight, this one in the courts. An Arkansas group called the Conservative Action Project says …
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Health Care Overhaul: Constitutional?

Posted on October 2, 2009

Q: Are the health care overhaul proposals that are pending in the House and Senate constitutional? A: Legal experts agree that requiring citizens to buy something is a novel concept that has not been tested in the courts.

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