I don’t know why the statists didn’t make the argument that when the military draft was held constitutional the principal of individual mandate was established.
If they can order you to pick up a gun and “go over the top”, or pay a tax of 10 years in Leavenworth, why can’t they order you to buy insurance?
I don’t know why the statists didn’t make the argument that when the military draft was held constitutional the principal of individual mandate was established.
If they can order you to pick up a gun and “go over the top”, or pay a tax of 10 years in Leavenworth, why can’t they order you to buy insurance?
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Their shills did try to make this argument. But they knew that this power came from a different part of the Constitution. Art 1 Section 8 has a clause that provides for organizing and arming the militia.