RomneyCare is constitutional by virtue of the “numerous and indefinite” powers reserved to the States via the 10th Amendment to the Constitution.
ObamaCare is unconstitutional because it overreaches the limited federal powers enumerated in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution.
Exactly so.
“RomneyCare is constitutional by virtue of the “numerous and indefinite” powers reserved to the States via the 10th Amendment to the Constitution.”
And the constitution of MA grants no powers to the state government to force individuals to buy health insurance as a requirement for living. They cite, at best, the taxation powers of the state.
Only if the people have granted such powers to the states via their constitutions.
But even then there are serious questions about whether or not such extreme state socialism is in keeping with the Constitution’s guarantee that each state will have a republican form of government.
Is government control over every aspect of our lives compatible with republican self-government?
That’s why the “red light” fascist group wants him in there. Seperate and Unequal.
Right now they’re in Extortion-Care quick sand along with everyone else.
The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.
Massachusetts has "numerous and indefinite" powers reserved to it by the constitution. It's that simple.