10th Amendment Should Have Killed Health Bill (but who cares about the Constitution)

The lack of regard the Democrats in Congress have for the Constitution and "procedure" (even Obama who swore to defend the US Constitution in his oath of office the American people aren't concerned about procedure, only results) has been galling. The 10th Amendment to the US Constitution is not difficult to comprehend.

Hey! Is there a lawyer in the House? In fact, there's gobs of them, but it shouldn't take a lawyer to understand the Health Care Reform act is unconstitutional. It says: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."

If the Constitution has not delegated to the federal government the power to force Americans to buy health insurance, then Congress and the president do not have that power.

And that power is not anywhere in the Constitution. That's where it needs to be attacked, and that's why several state AG's are filing lawsuit against the Federal government. The cost to the states for unfunded mandates will be astronomical.

Sen. Orin Hatch said "If that is held constitutional -- for them to be able to tell us we have to purchase health insurance -- then there is literally nothing that the federal government can't force us to do," he said. "Nothing."

Oh, and Obama has yet to sign his meaningless executive order about funding abortions. Hmmm.