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<blockquote data-quote="PollyCranopolis" data-source="post: 7197836" data-attributes="member: 553423">This is a ruling that protected liberty. Our freedom NOT to do something we don&#039;t wish to do. That&#039;s right ... the freedom to be inactive. Here&#039;s what Judge Vinson had to say on page 42 of his 78-page ruling:&quot;It would be a radical departure from existing case law to hold that Congress can regulate inactivity under the Commerce Clause. If it has the power to compel an otherwise passive individual into a commercial transaction with a third party merely by asserting - as was done in the Act - that compelling the actual transaction is itself &#039;commercial and economic in nature and substantially affects interstate commerce&#039;, it is not hyper bolizing to suggest that Congress could do almost anything it wanted.&quot;Well that is EXACTLY the point! We DO have a congress that believes that it can do almost anything it wants. Nancy Pelosi does not believe that questions regarding the Constitutionality of legislation should be given serious consideraton. Former Democrat Congressman Phil Hare from Ohio was a bit more blunt when he blurted out &quot;I don&#039;t CARE about the Constitution.&quot;I particularly enjoyed that part of Judge Vinson&#039;s ruling where he quoted statements made by Barack Obama during a 2008 campaign speech. Obama was slamming Hillary Clinton for her plans for health care reform. Hillary wanted to require people to buy health insurance. Obama thought that was a bad idea. He was steadfastly opposed to it. Obama said that if you could solve the problem of medical care by requiring people to buy insurance, then you could solve the problem of homelessness by requiring people to buy a house. That statement was made February 28, 2008. Now here we are two years later and Barack Obama has completely changed his mind. Funny how that works, isn&#039;t it?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PollyCranopolis, post: 7197836, member: 553423"] This is a ruling that protected liberty. Our freedom NOT to do something we don't wish to do. That's right ... the freedom to be inactive. Here's what Judge Vinson had to say on page 42 of his 78-page ruling: "It would be a radical departure from existing case law to hold that Congress can regulate inactivity under the Commerce Clause. If it has the power to compel an otherwise passive individual into a commercial transaction with a third party merely by asserting - as was done in the Act - that compelling the actual transaction is itself 'commercial and economic in nature and substantially affects interstate commerce', it is not hyper bolizing to suggest that Congress could do almost anything it wanted." Well that is EXACTLY the point! We DO have a congress that believes that it can do almost anything it wants. Nancy Pelosi does not believe that questions regarding the Constitutionality of legislation should be given serious consideraton. Former Democrat Congressman Phil Hare from Ohio was a bit more blunt when he blurted out "I don't CARE about the Constitution." I particularly enjoyed that part of Judge Vinson's ruling where he quoted statements made by Barack Obama during a 2008 campaign speech. Obama was slamming Hillary Clinton for her plans for health care reform. Hillary wanted to require people to buy health insurance. Obama thought that was a bad idea. He was steadfastly opposed to it. Obama said that if you could solve the problem of medical care by requiring people to buy insurance, then you could solve the problem of homelessness by requiring people to buy a house. That statement was made February 28, 2008. Now here we are two years later and Barack Obama has completely changed his mind. Funny how that works, isn't it? [/QUOTE]

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