http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/1stlady.htm
It concludes:
The Nation's debate over how best to deal with the great national need for health care reform should proceed untrammelled by worries over the national government's lawful powers that were laid to rest over half a century ago.You should read the article. We are currently screwed because they have buried the constitution in lawyer speak and precedent as exemplified by this article.
The progressives basically conclude based on "constitutional tradition" that:
- Well being of society trumps individual rights always and at the discretion of Congress
- they argue that there is a history of this being done by Congress, so it is OK to keep doing it
- We now have a national government as decided during FDR's reign of power
- the concept of a national government rest on constitutional law settled at the time of FDR
- has seldom been challenged since
- and ultimately stem from the work of the Founders of the Republic
- The national government can proceed untrammeled (unrestrained) deciding what is best for the nation
I am continually amazed at how bad a year 1913 really was!!!
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