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With a string of state attorneys general filing lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of health care reform, the Cato Institute's Roger Pilon tried to defend their actions in an MSNBC debate. Pilon maintained that the Constitution does not allow for health care reform that was just enacted. Ian Millhiser, policy analyst at the Center for American Progress and a former ACS law clerk, noting recent Supreme Court jurisprudence, said that Congress can regulate "broad and sweeping economic activity," and that "there is a huge market for health care insurances
Judges use their reasoning skills to decide what particular laws mean when they rule on cases. Different judges sometimes use different reasoning skills to interpret the Constitution, meaning that judges do not always agree on the meaning of the Constitution. There are six widely accepted methods of interpretation that shed some light on the meaning of the Constitution.
Judge Andrew Nepalitano and Alex Jones both share this view of the situation, and I trust them more than the gub ment.
Originally posted by jam321
reply to post by oppaperclip
Judge Andrew Nepalitano and Alex Jones both share this view of the situation, and I trust them more than the gub ment.
Safe to assume that your reason for it being illegal is based on what others say?
There. Now, if you don't have the high-school-level reading skills to comprehend what it says, get back to me. Otherwise, I think you're a big boy. You can handle it.
Originally posted by jam321
How does the average person know what is Constitutional or not?
cuz they keep making it up as they go along
to suit an agenda
Originally posted by jam321
reply to post by Sestias
General welfare- another term that is ambiguous.
General welfare of the United States or general welfare of it people or both?
Who defined general welfare?