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Old 03-22-2010, 02:59 PM   #145
valo403
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Originally Posted by Rockin' Flames View Post
The Constitution assigns only limited, enumerated powers to Congress and none, including the power to regulate interstate commerce or to impose taxes, would support a federal mandate requiring anyone who is otherwise without health insurance to buy it.
First, the constiution doesn't grant powers, it limits them.

Second, you're reading both the commerce clause and the tax and spend power much more narrowly than the jurisprudence supports.
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