Fellow Patriot,
Today, during Day 2 of oral arguments before the Supreme Court in the cases challenging the constitutionality of ObamaCare, attention turns to the individual mandate to purchase health insurance. Specifically, the question at hand is, does the Commerce Clause of the Constitution give Congress the power to compel all citizens to purchase a product like health insurance? The chief counsel on that brief, Kevin Hasson, along with IWF Chairman Heather Higgins and General Counsel Gayle Trotter, have a new op/ed featured in the Huffington Postthat explains the history of the Commerce Clause and the consequences portended by the Congressional overreach inherent in ObamaCare's abuse of the Commerce Clause. Hasson, Higgins, and Trotter write: The principal reason the Constitution bestowed on Congress the power to "regulate" interstate commerce was the need to dismantle the economic barricades of duties, tariffs, and taxes erected by the individual States under the precursor to our Constitution, the Articles of Confederation. … A couple centuries later, this same Commerce Clause is being used to justify a federal takeover of essentially the entire health care sector. ObamaCare may or may not be the best model of health care. It's certainly not the only imaginable one. But, if it is upheld by the Supreme Court, it will very shortly be the only legal one. This will crush competition and preempt a great deal of state experimentation. Then, at the end of the article, please comment and share your thoughts on the case against ObamaCare and the op/ed explaining IWF's Amicus Brief opposing ObamaCare’s abuse of the Commerce Clause.
Thank you,
Carrie Lukas
VP for Policy & Economics
Independent Women's Voice
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