In the wake of the libs' Pyrrhic "victory" and date-rape of Liberty late Sunday night, conservative DC think-tank The Heritage Foundation has joined the vanguard of those fighting to stop their cheeky little power-grab:
The Heritage Foundation’s legal scholars have documented why an individual mandate violates the U.S. Constitution, noting, “Nowhere in the Constitution is Congress given the power to mandate that an individual enter into a contract with a private party or purchase a good or service.”That fact, however, did not stop Congress from acting outside its authority. Now, it seems, states are taking up arms to defend the tenets of our Constitution that Congress has been so quick to ignore.
As liberal groups begin plotting to spend millions of dollars to “sell” Obamacare to Americans in swing House districts, at least 12 state attorneys general are mounting an effort to stop Obamacare in its tracks on constitutional grounds.
At issue is the provision in Obamacare that forces Americans to buy health insurance or face an annual $750 fine. Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli plans to sue the federal government on grounds that the mandate violates the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution...
“At no time in our history has the government mandated its citizens buy a good or service,” Cuccinelli said.
Separately, attorneys general in 11 other states – Florida, South Carolina, Nebraska, Texas, Utah, Pennsylvania, Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota, Alabama and Michigan – plan to join together in filing a lawsuit as soon as President Barack Obama signs the legislation into law, according to a Jacksonville Business Journal and Associated Press reports.
In a press conference this morning, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum said, “To fine or tax someone just for living … that’s unconstitutional. There is no provision in the Constitution giving Congress the power to do that.”
President of the foundation -Dr Edward J Feuhlner- on the 21st-century version of The Intolerable Acts- a succinct and inspiring call-to-arms:
Full text -here-
