DGS49
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Not to get personal, "Derideo_Te," but are you fucking stupid or what?
JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS A GOOD IDEA DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE CONSTITUTION PERMITS CONGRESS TO DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!
The Constitution gives Congress the power to do a short list of 17 things. That's it. Nothing else. The Supreme Court gives Congress a lot of leeway by "interpreting" specific powers very broadly. For example, Congress is empowered to "regulate interstate commerce," so the Supreme Court has defined "interstate commerce" to include not only commerce BETWEEN THE STATES, but also commerce WITHIN THE INDIVDUAL STATES that has an effect on interstate commerce.
But even in that case, the court is granting lip service to the Constitution.
Congress CANNOT CONSTITUTIONALLY FORCE PEOPLE TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE. In its perverse way the USSC acknowledged this fact in its ACA ruling last year; it said that the penalty for not enrolling was ACTUALLY A TAX. If it hadn't been found to be a tax, the they would have been COMPELLED to toss the requirement, because there is nothing in the Constitution that empowers Congress to compel people to buy health insurance.
Do you get it?
Even if it's a really, really, really, really, good idea, Congress CAN'T DO IT UNLESS THE CONSTITUTION GIVES CONGRESS THE POWER TO DO IT!
AND CONGRESS HAS NO POWER TO FORCE THE STATES TO SUBSIDIZE COLLEGE TUITION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT RESIDENTS OF THAT STATE.
Constitutionally speaking, it's fucking ridiculous.
I am a semi-proud Vietnam Veteran and I like it when Congress does things that benefit Veterans, but this particular initiative is bullshit. Unconstitutional bullshit.
JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS A GOOD IDEA DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE CONSTITUTION PERMITS CONGRESS TO DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!
The Constitution gives Congress the power to do a short list of 17 things. That's it. Nothing else. The Supreme Court gives Congress a lot of leeway by "interpreting" specific powers very broadly. For example, Congress is empowered to "regulate interstate commerce," so the Supreme Court has defined "interstate commerce" to include not only commerce BETWEEN THE STATES, but also commerce WITHIN THE INDIVDUAL STATES that has an effect on interstate commerce.
But even in that case, the court is granting lip service to the Constitution.
Congress CANNOT CONSTITUTIONALLY FORCE PEOPLE TO BUY HEALTH INSURANCE. In its perverse way the USSC acknowledged this fact in its ACA ruling last year; it said that the penalty for not enrolling was ACTUALLY A TAX. If it hadn't been found to be a tax, the they would have been COMPELLED to toss the requirement, because there is nothing in the Constitution that empowers Congress to compel people to buy health insurance.
Do you get it?
Even if it's a really, really, really, really, good idea, Congress CAN'T DO IT UNLESS THE CONSTITUTION GIVES CONGRESS THE POWER TO DO IT!
AND CONGRESS HAS NO POWER TO FORCE THE STATES TO SUBSIDIZE COLLEGE TUITION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT RESIDENTS OF THAT STATE.
Constitutionally speaking, it's fucking ridiculous.
I am a semi-proud Vietnam Veteran and I like it when Congress does things that benefit Veterans, but this particular initiative is bullshit. Unconstitutional bullshit.