Art 1, Sec 7 Constitution: 2 raise revenue (taxes) MUST originate in House OCare originated in Senate! Sup Court miss that?
Challenges to Ocare coming!
Art 1, Sec 7 Constitution: 2 raise revenue (taxes) MUST originate in House OCare originated in Senate! Sup Court miss that?
Challenges to Ocare coming!
Exactly. This puts the power into the hands of the legislators. Roberts forced democrats to admit they are taxing people.
Jay Cost
Big picture: Todays ruling on the Commerce Clause was a win for the right
First, the Roberts Court put real limits on what the government can and cannot do. For starters, it restricted the limits of the Commerce Clause, which does not give the government the power to create activity for the purpose of regulating it. This is a huge victory for those of us who believe that the Constitution is a document which offers a limited grant of power
Conservatives have a shot at getting the best of both worlds: having the Supreme Court use Obamacare as a way to limit federal power while also using the democratic process to overturn the law. I didnt think we could have one without the other, but now maybe we can.