Comments on: Forcing a vote on Demcare’s constitutionality

By: Michelle Malkin » Judge to Obamacare architects: Ahem. Meet the Constitution, power-grabbers.

Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:46:11 +0000

[...] December 22, 2009: Today, U.S. Senators Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) and John Ensign (R-Nevada), raised a [...]

By: The Strident Conservative

The Strident Conservative — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:05:05 +0000

Damn The Constitution – Full Speed Ahead!…

Using a combination of extortion and bribery, Henchman Harry (Reid) has boldly gone where no Senator has gone before in order to “convince” his fellow Democrats to vote for cloture of the Obamacare bill he authored. He has decided that even…

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Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:37:01 +0000

[...] Defining dependency up Big Nanny’s slacker plan: Mandating insurance for adult “children” Forcing a vote on Demcare’s constitutionality Sunday showdown: The Senate’s Demcare treachery Taking on AARP’s Demcare fat cats Old GOP [...]

By: kurthanson

kurthanson — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:47:23 +0000

For the first time in our history we will be forced under threat of fine and prison to buy a product from a private business – Congress is in cahoots with the insurance industry. They have rigged the game in favor of business. So much for the Dems stance as being anti-business and for the little guy.

This stinks to high heaven and we all must work to have this part of the bill blocked our overturned by the Supreme Court.

If it is allowed to stand what will prevent the government from forcing us to buy other products such as a crappy jalopy from Government Motors, copies of the communist manifesto or Mao’s little red book?

By: Morgan

Morgan — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:17:33 +0000

Who was the one Senator who didn’t vote on the constitutional point of order?

By: Dexter Alarius

Dexter Alarius — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:09:18 +0000

From FoxNews just now:

The Senate voted 60-39 to reject Sen. John Ensign's call to examine the constitutionality of a health care mandate central to the overhaul bill.

What a friggin' surprise. Ask a Dem Senate to rule on whether a Dem bill is Constitutional or not and what do you expect?

By: ahraley

ahraley — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:15:13 +0000

Article I, Section 8, Clause 1

” but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;”

The Nebraska Compromise. Clearly unconstitutional.

By: nail49

nail49 — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:43:54 +0000

Chamberlain’s “swinging gate” maneuver at Gettysburg/Little Round Top. Fire at will and keep on firing!

RedDog: Chamberlain's maneuver was a bayonet charge with little firing as they were practically out of ammunition! Regardless -- CHAAAARGE!

By: Anil Petra

Anil Petra — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:37:59 +0000

So, if the mandate is deemed unconstitutional, the rest remains intact, under its “separability” clause.

What happens then?

By: Dimsdale

Dimsdale — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:11:00 +0000

From the CBO on the 1994 attempt by Hillary and the lefties to take over American health care:

“The government has never required people to buy any good or service as a condition of lawful residence in the United States,” the CBO analysis said. “An individual mandate would have two features that, in combination, would make it unique. First, it would impose a duty on individuals as members of society. Second, it would require people to purchase a specific service that would be heavily regulated by the federal government.”

By: rightwingrocker

rightwingrocker — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:01:30 +0000

All this is why the Constitution is so strongly advocated as part of the Federalist Party Platform, which is the guide I personally use in deciding who gets my vote.

RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com

By: rightwingrocker

rightwingrocker — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:57:53 +0000

Congress isn’t the entity with the authority to determine the constitutionality of legislation. That would be rather dumb.

The people are the final arbiters, and it is IMPERATIVE that Congress justify their actions on Constitutional grounds prior to debate and subsequent passage.

It’s up to us to force them to do this, and the sooner we get on it, the better.

RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com

By: Dexter Alarius

Dexter Alarius — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:57:05 +0000

I liken the Dems ‘super-majority’ to a natural disaster, and Nelson is one of the looters that just happened to get caught on camera throwing a trash can through a window and grabbing a big screen TV.

By: rightwingrocker

rightwingrocker — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:51:27 +0000

McCain et al arguing against the bribes Reid gave.

Only because they didn’t get any of the goodies, rest assured.

RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com

By: rightwingrocker

rightwingrocker — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:44:51 +0000

They’ll think, “gosh, well this is the way it’s always been.”

Sadly, this is all too true. The Tea Party movement is our only hope. Thank God it’s doing so well!

RWR
http://www.rightwingrocker.com