George Will Agrees: Obama Care is Unconstitutional
In Senior Fellow Penn Pfiffner’s last podcast with Constitutional Law professor Rob Natelson, they came to the conclusion that Obama Care, with all its federal regulations and mandates, is absolutely unconstitutional. Evidently, the legendary George Will agrees. In “That Rock in the Health Care Road? It’s Called the Constitution,” George says,
Unless the commerce clause is infinitely elastic — in which case, Congress can do anything — it does not authorize Congress to forbid the inactivity of not making a commercial transaction, of not purchasing a product (health insurance) from a private provider.
Senator Orrin Hatch notes that if Congress can force citizens to buy products that will help the economy, then the Keynesian stimulus disaster “Cash for Clunkers” was not needed. Congress could have simply forced people to buy cars with the help of subsidies.
Show your support for state’s rights and come on out to our Free Our Health Care Rally next Tuesday! After all, George Will would.
