6th Circuit panel upholds individual mandate
UPDATED 2:56pm
A link to the 6th circuit opinion- PDF file.
Wow. Apparently the commerce clause reigns supreme over the rest of the constitution. We can all now be forced to buy anything “with a substantial effect on interstate commerce, and thus is legal.”
I seriously disagree with the individual mandate from the Feds. Tax and benefit would be far more appropriate. Single payer would be better. Many options that were deemed politically difficult or impossible were left untested.
I do need and want medical reform. But not in such a way as to again drastically expand the commerce clause and federal power over individuals.
As the dissenting judge said-
“It is difficult to see what the limits on Congress’s Commerce Clause authority would be,” Graham wrote.
The 6th Circuit is the first of three appeals panels expected to issue rulings on the law this summer.
Read more: politico.com
6th Circuit panel upholds individual mandate
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld the health reform law’s requirement that nearly all Americans buy insurance, the first appeals court to rule on the constitutionality of the law.
The panel of three judges — two nominated by Republican presidents — upheld the mandate 2-1, with one GOP-nominated judge ruling in favor of the mandate and the other dissenting.
The ruling marks the first time a Republican-nominated judge has ruled in favor of upholding the mandate.