May state legislative applications limit an Article V convention? Subject, yes; specific language, probably not
- September 12, 2013
Pretty much any other mandate could be magically converted into a tax by the same sleight of hand – so long as the penalty for violating it is a fine similar to the one that enforces the individual mandate. Continue reading
READ MOREPretty much any other mandate could be magically converted into a tax by the same sleight of hand – so long as the penalty for violating it is a fine similar to the one that enforces the individual mandate. Continue reading
READ MOREThe rampant sophistry of the SCOTUS decision. Why mandatory insurance is not a tax, and if it is, it’s unconstitutional because it’s a direct tax that is not apportioned among the states. Continue reading
READ MOREHost Jon Caldara is joined by Dave Kopel, constitutional law professor and attorney of record for two (count ’em, two) Independence Institute amicus briefs in the Obamacare Supreme Court case, to dissect and explain the court’s rulings on the controversial health care law. Continue reading
READ MOREThe Court’s decision against the Medicaid mandate means that Colorado has the right to choose whether or not to drastically expand state spending on Medicaid; Congress cannot coerce Coloradans to do so. Continue reading
READ MOREObamaCare’s legal defense relies as much on policy arguments—about the nature of uncompensated medical care, the role of Medicaid, and the interaction of the law’s various provisions—as it does on constitutional reasoning. But the policy case is just as dubious as the constitutional one. Continue reading
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