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Obamacare premise is just wrong

Posted 1 year, 2 months ago.

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Setting aside the important distinction between health care and health insurance, this argument simply lacks the legal force its proponents want it to have.

Tags: Interstate Commerce New Deal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Peter Jennings Project

Rejecting Affordable Care Act is rejecting Constitution

Posted 1 year, 2 months ago.

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The justices have the power to declare the law unconstitutional and thereby kill “Obamacare” before it even leaves the birthing chamber. While some believe that such an outcome would be proper, we disagree.

Tags: George Washington Interstate Commerce Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Peter Jennings Project Tea Party

The Constitution This Week: Voter ID laws, Facebook, and contraception

Posted 1 year, 2 months ago.

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News headlines, politicians, and hot-button issues come and go, but one 225-year-old document continues to emerge in our conversations about our nation’s most important questions and challenges: the Constitution. The Constitution is a big buzzword for Election 2012, and more than ever, citizens, pundits, and politicians are turning to the Constitution for answers–and sometimes ammunition,… [Continue Reading]

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The cry of “we the people” is a simple one: Leave us alone!

Posted 1 year, 3 months ago.

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What so many opponents of the Affordable Care Act find offensive is the idea that you have to do something because the government tells you that you have to when freedom to so many Americans has traditionally been understood to mean being left to our own devices.

Tags: Affordable Care Act Barack Obama Commerce Clause Edward Markey Federalism Google Jay Rockefeller Jeffrey Rosen Peter Jennings Project

Constitution Check: Does the Constitution protect private moral convictions?

Posted 1 year, 3 months ago.

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From the very founding of the Nation, the Constitution has been understood to protect private religious beliefs from government intrusion. The same is not true for private moral values or convictions.

Tags: Affordable Care Act Blunt Amendment Equal Protection Clause religious freedom Sandra Day O'Connor Sen. Roy Blunt