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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?
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To: TideGlider who wrote (70623)8/14/2009 12:29:09 PM
From: Alan Smithee1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) of 224760
 
Larsen: Let's be clear. There is no mandate for health care in the Constitution. You know what? There's no mandate for the Air Force in the Constiutution. ... Oh [laughing], read the Constition. Okay. You read it and you come back and tell me where it says the Air Force is mandated. All right? You read it and you come back and tell me. All right? ... If folks believe that health care reform is unconstitutional, they're going to have a full opportunity to challenge it in court, I suppose?

Rick Larsen is pathetically uninformed. Something such as health care does not have to be provided for in the Constitution in order for legislation concerning it to be unconstitutional. There are a number of ways legislation can run afoul of the Constitution.

Note: I am not contending that House Bill 3200 is in fact unconstitutional.
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