----- Original Message ----- From: Tenth Amendment Center To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 8:05 AM Subject: Health Care Mandates are Constitutional? Not Even Close
NEW: Health Care Mandates are Constitutional? Not Even Close “The claim that the Founding Fathers would have thought the Constitution allows Congress to impose health care mandates is little short of absurd." --Rob Natelson __________________________ On the Constitution, Beware the Word "Clearly" by Rob Natelson (read more and comment here) Editor's Note: Are health care mandates constitutional? Constitutional Scholar Rob Natelson responds with a resounding ‘no’ in his rebuttal to claims made by Akhil Reed Amar. The Debate over whether or not health care mandates are permissible under the Constitution reached new heights last week when Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, Akhil Reed Amar, published a controversial op-ed in the Los Angeles Times. Amar’s article titled “Constitutional objections to Obamacare don't hold up” drew immediate rebuttal from fellow scholars, including Rob Natelson, Professor of Constitutional Law, Legal History, and Advanced Constitutional Law at the University of Montana. One of the key disputes in the health care reform debate is whether mandates fit within the limits of Federal power as enumerated by the Constitution. According to Amar’s op-ed, authority for mandates “clearly” come from the “Commerce Clause in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, which he said, gives the federal government authority “to address matters that have significant spillover effects across state lines or international borders.” Natelson rebuked this and many of Amar's other points in a must-read article at TenthAmendmentCenter.com. Line-by-line, you'll get key information to respond to virtually all the common positions that mainstream pundits and politicians give these days. Natelson knocks these excuses out of the park, excuses that twist the original meaning of the Constitution into something the Founders never dreamed of. (click here to read the article now) __________________________ Support this Newsletter. __________________________ About This Newsletter The Tenth Amendment Center newsletter is an opt-in list. Recipients must register to receive this newsletter. If you have received this newsletter in error or would like to unsubscribe, please click on the link at the bottom of this message. Please distribute this newsletter widely! If you have been forwarded this message from a friend and would like to subscribe to receive future newsletters, you can sign-up here. In liberty, Michael Boldin Tenth Amendment Center ................................................................ To remove yourself from this mailing list, simply reply to this email (keeping the text intact) and change the subject line to "REMOVE" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.730 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2644 - Release Date: 01/25/10 01:36:00 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "APFN" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/APFN?hl=en APFN-1 YahooGroups: Subscribe: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apfn-1/join Unsubscribe: [email protected] APFN MSG BOARD: `In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.' http://disc.server.com/Indices/234999.html APFN CONTENTS PAGE: http://www.apfn.org/old/apfncont.htm "RADIO YOUR WAY" APFN POGO NETWORK (( WOW!! )) "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent" -- Thomas Jefferson http://www.apfn.net/POGO.HTM Find elected officials, including the president, members of Congress, governors, state legislators, local officials, and more. http://congress.org/congressorg/dbq/officials/ APFN, PMB 206, 7549 W. CACTUS RD. #104, PEORIA, AZ 85381
