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To: kumar who wrote (407995)	1/31/2011 6:48:39 PM
From: garrettjax	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) of 794001

Kumar, You're mixing Federal Law with Constitutional Amendments... If they so choose, Congress could propose an amendment to the Constitution that gives everyone free healthcare. The proposal would have to be approved by a 2/3 majority in Congress. OR 2/3 of the states would have to call on Congress to hold a Constitutional Convention where an amendment to the Constitution to give everyone free healthcare would be proposed. Don't know what the process for the convention would be 'cuz it's only been done once and that was a few hundred years ago. Once the amendment to the Constitution to give everyone free healthcare was proposed in either of those 2 ways, then the legislatures of 3/4 of the states would have to approve it. Then the Supreme Court couldn't call it unconstitutional but could interpret what it means. After that it would be just a matter of a short amount of time before the United States would go bankrupt. Someone may have mentioned the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) which was a relatively recent attempt by Congress to do this. Or at least I think that's the way it goes... It's been a long time since I studied Constitutional Law. -G

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