And, for what its worth, I think that insurance plans should be able to be sold and compete nationally which definitely makes it interstate commerce. I question the individual mandate though. I understand the arguments made by the proponents of the provision that an individual mandate is essential to make the other bits work. I can see their point though I'm not entirely happy with it. And even if I was a big fan of it, something being essential doesn't necessarily make it constitutional.
Judah On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > I understand about the marijuana case, believe me, and I disagree with > it. The thing about the health insurance reform law, however, is that > it is comprised of a rather large number of moving parts. I don't > think you can easily affirm or toss aside the law as a whole piece. So > if you want to get down into the details, well, that is going to > require discovery and something other than a summary judgement. > > Judah > > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Casey Dougall > <ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: >> >> On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> That sounds like a fairly reasonable judgement to me. It isn't like >>> the judge put an injunction in place to stop the law provisions from >>> taking effect, he just ruled that the issues at hand were serious >>> enough to warrant a discovery period and, potentially, a hearing. It's >>> a really complex law, I don't have any problems with people >>> questioning it in court. >>> >>> Judah >>> >>> >> >> here is how I see it. >> >> IF you never leave your state of residence then fine, you don't need health >> insurance. If you decide to visit another state you are considered >> interstate goods at that point. >> >> look at how a Marijuana case played out... >> The Court found the federal law valid, although the marijuana in question >> had been grown and consumed within a single state, and had never entered >> Interstate Commerce. The court held Congress may regulate a non-economic >> good, which is intrastate, if it does so as part of a complete scheme of >> legislation designed to regulate Interstate Commerce. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commerce_Clause >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:324254 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
