Tuesday, February 01, 2011

ObamaCare ruled Unconstitutional

It seems that a Federal Judge in Pensacola, Florida ruled yesterday that the The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. He bases that on the individual mandate, and says that there is no basis in the Constitution to compel an individual to buy anything. IN his opinion he likens the individual mandate to the housing market. If we'd compel everyone in the nation to buy a home and finance it with a mortgage, then the homeless problem would go away. We all understand that the example is naive, but the devil is in the details, and this Act is all about details.

So, we now have two Federal courts ruling that Obamacare is constitutional and two Federal courts ruling that it's unconstitutional. This case is headed to the Supreme Court, and the Supremes better do their homework when deciding this turkey.

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