A Dictator in the making.
Posted on 12/24/2009 1:49:48 PM PST by Jim Robinson
According to CNSNews, Senator Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) said that Congress has the authority to mandate that people buy health insurance and that there is no constitutional limit on Congress’ power to enact such mandates, adding that this unlimited authority stemmed from the Commerce clause of the Constitution.
If this were true, then the congress has no constitutional limits whatsoever. On anything. If they can regulate private citizens as interstate commerce, then they can "regulate" anything and anyone. This makes the entire idea of constitutional limits null and void.
The federal government can require and mandate that all citizens purchase:
Health insurance. Home owners insurance. Renters insurance. Auto insurance. Life insurance. Retirement insurance. Mortgage insurance. Credit insurance. Liability insurance. Legal insurance. Towing insurance. Auto repair insurance. Product insurance. Airport life insurance. Rental car insurance. Pet health insurance. Pet liability insurance. Pet burial insurance. Marriage insurance. Fire insurance. Earthquake insurance. Flood insurance. Burial insurance. Etc, etc, etc, and any other product or service it chooses.
And French food on Tuesdays.
Earmark:
Guns are hereby banned by the congress per the interstate commerce clause.
Sez who?!?!
Sez who?!?!
I'm loading up!
the sick part is that she has 5 years to go before she’s up for election!
A Dictator in the making.
Senator Diane Feinstein is very confused.
Up hers. She is a clear and present danger. Unacceptable.
this is gonna be interesting
Stock up on ammo before she regulates it out of existence.
We need to hold Congress in contempt....especially Pelosi. Defy ‘em!
Another brilliant, intellectual, holier-than-thou, Democrat genius speaks.
IMHO
Sez Senator Diane Feinstein. Isn’t this fun?
If we weren’t living in Bizzaro World, citizen’s rights advocates on the Left would be up in arms over this statement.
Hey ACLU, how does it feel prostituting your principles for your party?
We are only 2 Supreme Court appointments away from proving her right.
The individual mandate is not authorized by the Commerce Clause. Most of those advocating the Democrats’ bill say that Congress can pass this legislation pursuant to its power to regulate interstate commerce. That argument is incorrect, because there is no interstate commerce when private citizens do not purchase health insurance.
The left has prostituted the so-called commerce clause for decades, claiming it gives them absolute authority to do ANYTHING to ANYBODY. And republicans are not much better when it comes to screwing the American people. Time to take up arms and head to DC, people. In fact, it’s PAST time.
Yeah, so what's your point?
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