Liberty and ObamaCare

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Author(s) The Wall Street Journal editorial board
Source The Wall Street Journal
Date March 22, 2012
URL http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304724404577291762007718228.html
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Quotes-start.png This is another way of describing plenary police powers—regulations of private behavior to advance public order and welfare. The problem is that with two explicit exceptions (military conscription and jury duty) the Constitution withholds such power from a central government and vests that authority in the states. It is a black-letter axiom: Congress and the President can make rules for actions and objects; states can make rules for citizens. Quotes-end.png


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This item argues for the position Act is unconstitutional on the topic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.