August 11, 2026

Federal Judge Rules “individual mandate” Unconstitutional

It won’t be the last stop  for President Obama’s signature health care bill, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, but it was a road bump that I’m sure the Obama Administration could have done without. Today, a federal judge in Virginia ruled that the “individual mandate,” which mandates health coverage for most Americans by 2014, […]

You won–now what? Cut the budget.

How might the new Congress avoid the “do-nothing” trap and prove to the American people that they heard the message and actually provide solutions that limit the growth of government and decrease the federal deficit? I sat at lunch the other day with a friend, and last weeks election came up. The Republicans won, he […]

Will nullification pass legal challenge?

Missouri is the first state to pass a nullification measure on the recent federal health care act.  There’s no doubts about its political implications as a referendum (in Missouri) on Obama’s health care policies, but will it pass legal muster? Related articles by Zemanta Is Nullification Constitutional? (reason.com) Second Civil War News: Missouri Voters To […]

The legal challenges to the health care bill

Apparently, there is some question about the legality of the bill recently (as in yesterday) signed into law by President Obama.  I’ve already discussed the questionable procedures used to pass it in the House.  But what about the bill itself?  Is it legal?  Is it constitutional? Let me just say at the outset that rational […]

HCR and the Constitution: procedural problems?

I get a lot of questions from my friends about the HCR bill that just passed.  What happened? might be a good what to sum up most of the questions.  They are confused about how it passed (not to mention about why the Congress would pass something that seems so unpopular…but that’s another issue altogether), […]