Congressional Power to Regulate Inactivity

By Mark Hall | Leave a Comment

[T]here’s pretty much nothing that Congress can’t do and that’s the end of the enumerated power scheme . . . if the Supreme Court were to uphold the Constitutionality of the individual mandate. So says Randy Barnett in an interview on NPR’s Morning Edition earlier this week, in which he reprised his Heritage Foundation argument. […]

Posted in Legal Issues ; Tagged: individual, mandate, reform, regulate.

09.23.09

Response: Does Health Care Reform Violate the Real Constitution?

By Tim Jost | Leave a Comment

In response to Does Health Care Reform Violate the Real Constitution? by Mark A. Hall Mark is correct in identifying the individual mandate as the only component of the proposed health care reform legislation that raises a more than trivial constitutional question. The other elements of the legislation—insurance industry reforms, health insurance exchanges, the employer […]

Posted in Legal Issues ; Tagged: congress, constitution, health, insurance, mandate, reform, regulate.

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