Unless the USSC uses the P & I clause in McDonald and eviscerates the commerce clause here, the republic is toast.
In the next three years, we will have our courts packed with socialists, and 15 million illegal immigrant voters to keep it that way.
I’m not optimistic.
"It would be difficult for the court to hold that the law is outside of the power to tax and spend for the general welfare without calling into question various regulatory devices that both parties use in crafting legislation," Mr. Balkin said. "Since the New Deal, both parties have used the taxing and spending power for a wide range of regulatory purposes and this is what the challenge to the health care bill calls into question."
Notice the "both parties" reference which is absolutely true...both have misused the Commerce Clause, G&W and Necessary & Proper Clause to expand the power and scope of the federal government.