>>With all due respect, your comment is silly. Here’s MY comment from another thread that really goes to the heart of the legal dispute:
This story is complete B.S. What the court has said is that states don’t have strong grounds to dictate terms for spending money they receive from the Federal government. Here’s a better example that isn’t fraught with controversy due to the subject of the funding:
Suppose the Federal government requires any highway project built on the National Highway System to be designed and constructed with 12-foot travel lanes. If a state gets Federal money to build a new highway that will be part of the NHS, they can’t turn around and complain that they should have the right under the U.S. Constitution to build it with 11-foot lanes. Arguing against these Federal regulations about highway design on “states rights” grounds — while using the Federal money to build the road — is ludicrous.
If states don’t want Planned Parenthood to get Medicaid funding, they should just stop accepting Medicaid funding, period.
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Silly? LOL! Here’s a lesson in the Constitution. Do try to pay attention, please . . .
The concept of the Federal Government distributing funds to the states for anything other than what is specifically authorized by the constitution is (drum roll...) unconstitutional! Do you not understand that simple concept?
Now, tell me the part of the Constitution which authorizes the distribution of taxpayer dollars to private corporations, such as Planned Parenthood? Hmm? Tell me!
Silly, indeed. smh.
I would support any state like Alabama, Louisiana, etc. that challenged the constitutionality of Medicaid. That's not what this case was all about, so your point isn't even relevant.
Now, tell me the part of the Constitution which authorizes the distribution of taxpayer dollars to private corporations ...
Are you going to suggest that the Constitution only permits the Federal government to build and maintain its property and equipment using government employees?