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In a word: no. But has that Constitution thingy stopped any politicians of the last 20 years?

No.

Of course not.

It would not be necessary except the Bush Crime Family gave trillions of our dollars to the rich and powerful, bankrupting the country and making medical care less available to the loyal goose stepping C students.

happy_san wrote

How many bong loads did it take to come up with that theory?
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The Constitution does provide the Govt with welfare for its citizens.

However its irrelavant the Constitution's interpretation is pretty much meaningless at this point.
Was warrentless wiretapping constitutional? There are so many grey areas its not worth debating.
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Yes it is.


Congress clearly could do this under its power pursuant to Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution to regulate commerce among the states. The Supreme Court has held that this includes authority to regulate activities that have a substantial effect on interstate commerce. In the area of economic activities, “substantial effect” can be found based on the cumulative impact of the activity across the country. For example, a few years ago, the Supreme Court held that Congress could use its commerce clause authority to prohibit individuals from cultivating and possessing small amounts of marijuana for personal medicinal use because marijuana is bought and sold in interstate commerce.

Whenever there is a question regarding constitutional law, I first turn to Bill O'Reilly, the to YouTube.
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Elite1 wrote

Elite, after the 660+ page birther thread, I wouldn't trust your interpretation of the Constitution, anyway.

Harry S. Deals wrote

Welfare is one thing, but forcing citizens to purchase a product is quite another. When people refuse to purchase this insurance and then refuse to pay the fine, this will be taken to court & most likely will go all the way to the Supreme Court. IMHO of course.
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Elite1 wrote

Except there is already case law that established Congress ability to do what they want to do with health care.