Two Years On: Obamacare

The power to wage war without justification is pretty damn dangerous, maybe the ultimate danger.

 

The right not to act, and the right not to be under the influence of laws that the government hasn't been granted power to act.

That one is written into the Constitution.

 

Wait, what?

There is no right not to act in the Constitution.

The second part is word salad.

 

Plenty of things in American political life are not in the Constitution yet are never challenged on that point such as:

The Air Force
Congressional Districts
The Electoral College
Executive Order
Judicial Review
Marriage
Paper Money
Political Parties
Primary Elections
Qualifications for Judges

 

Right, but I was specifically responding to the assertion that this act violated one of the Bill of Rights, which seems nonsensical to me.

 

I don't always agree with their rulings, but I have to say, I love The Supreme Court Process and the back and forth between the lawyers and Justices.

 

Oh I know Zeke12, my list was to point out the oddity that only some things are brought before the Supreme Court, which ironically is judicial review.

Slate had an article recently by a Columbia U. law prof who argued the Supreme Court should mainly police local and state laws for violations of federal law and not overturning acts of Congress.

I'm sure when the Supreme Court overturns ACA, the Freeper crowd will howl about "unelected" judges overturning the will of a democratically-elected body.

 

Did I say Constitutional right or did I say fundamental right?

As for the second one, it's such a fundamental right that the very existence of the Constitution affirms it. The government's powers derive from the consent of the governed, and those powers are quite explicitly laid out. The government doesn't have the right to pass laws that it doesn't have the power to pass, and that implies that the citizens have the right to be free of such laws.

Point to that assertion, please.

 

Let's just all sit and ponder this for a while.

Then, our toes.

 

My toes are hideous. I'll ponder this one forever before I even think about my nasty, fungal toes.

 

I need to do something about the callouses on my big toes. Otherwise not bad for guy feet.

 

If it's supposed to be a commodity, people can't get it if they don't pay for it, right?