[pgyanke]

There's a misconception that the decision upheld ObamaCare in its entirety -- when it was, in fact, it only related to the individual mandate.

I agree that there are other avenues to attack Obamacare... but in what clause of the Constitution did we give the Fed Gov the power to order citizens into private contracts?

[Alberta's Child]

The legal reasoning is that the Federal Government didn’t “order” anyone into a contract. Under Obamacare, it simply imposed a tax on everyone but exempted anyone who DID enter into such a contract.

At its core (from a legal standpoint), the individual mandate was considered constitutional because it was implemented no differently than an income tax exemption for (as just one example) charitable contributions or mortgage interest.