Independence Institute submits brief to protect states from Obamacare bullying

Independence Institute ^ | January 15th, 2012 | Rob Natelson

[Veritas_et_libertas]

II is submitting not merely one, but two separate brief to the U.S. Supreme Court opposing Obamacare. One will show why the mandate that individuals buy government-approved insurance is unconstitutional. The other shows that Obamacare’s Medicaid mandates imposed on states also are unconstitutional.

The Medicaid brief, to be filed in just a few days, addresses a part of Obamacare overshadowed by the individual mandate—but just as damaging to our federal republic, and just as clearly unconstitutional.

Obamacare requires all states to greatly expand government health care within their states or lose ALL Medicaid funding—or at least a portion thereof to be set by the unguided discretion of the bureaucrats in the Department of Health and Human Services. Since federal Medicaid funds are a huge portion of all states’ budgets, the effect is to subordinate state fiscal policy to the whim of federal officials. This is clearly unconstitutional.

Here is what the brief demonstrates:

[EagleUSA]

Get ready for the fight — the country is FINALLY waking up to this Marxist takeover sham.

[Veritas_et_libertas]

yep. Seems pretty cut and dry to me...i don’t know how any sensible person could argue that obamacare is constitutional.

[Jacquerie]

II looks like a great resource.

[Veritas_et_libertas]

Yes, it is. His scholarly articles are a great resource.

check out these good one’s too, if you are interested:

http://oll.libertyfund.org/
http://www.bastiatinstitute.org/downloads

[Trillian]

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