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To: Carolyn who wrote (342049)	1/8/2010 12:22:57 PM
From: Bill	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

With all due respect Carolyn, that piece reads like a hoax. It is poorly sourced and provides no foundation for some of the allegations. His second paragraph needs quotes from the bill or page notations at a minimum. And what lawyer in evaluating the constitutionality of this bill would fail to mention the commerce clause or cite cases like Lochner or Lopez? Based on other critical pieces I've read, it doesn't appear that this guy knows what he's talking about.

To: Carolyn who wrote (342049)	1/9/2010 6:08:01 AM
From: FJB	Respond to of 793964

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott warns senators about health care bill Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 1:21pm CST \| Modified: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 4:56pm Dallas Business Journal dallas.bizjournals.com Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has sent letters to U.S. Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, and John Cornyn, R-Texas, challenging the constitutionality of the U.S. House of Representatives’ health care bill. The bill — H.R. 3590 — is also known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Abbot in his letter questions the so-called “Nebraska Compromise” that allowed Nebraska to be exempted from Medicaid expense increases in exchange for the vote of a representative from the state. Abbott writes in his letter: “If enacted, the Senate version of H.R. 3590 would impose billions of dollars of new Medicaid obligations on 49 states while singling out only one state for special treatment.” Sen. Hutchison's was not immediately available for comment. But her office sent a transcript from a Senate floor presentation in which the Senator raised concerns about the constitutionality of the bill. "We haven't had too much time to consider this and certainly constitutional issues will take much thought," Sen. Hutchison said on the floor. "But we do believe that some of the bill's provisions do violence to our constitutional protections." Hutchison was joined by Sen. Cornyn. His office said Wednesday that the senator raised concerns over the bill's constitutionality with Attorney General Abbott. “I have confidence that Attorney General Abbott will take the necessary steps to protect Texas taxpayers and the public interest," Sen. John Cornyn responded in a statement released to the DBJ. "I remain concerned that certain parts of the health care legislation, including the individual mandate, violate the U.S. Constitution, and that much of it runs counter to constitutional ideals and principles.” Abbott also points out in his letter that he is challenging the constitutionality of a bill that creates individual mandates for health insurance. Abbott argues in his letter that Congress’ ability to tax and spend is in fact limited. He writes: “...in United States v. Gerlach Live Stock Co., the court noted that ‘Congress has a substantive power to tax and appropriate for the general welfare,’ but this power is limited.” Abbott also warns Hutchison and Cornyn about the billions of dollars in new Medicaid obligations that will hit 49 states. Click here to read the full letter. oag.state.tx.us

To: Carolyn who wrote (342049)	2/1/2010 8:43:57 PM
From: MJ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793964

Carolyn Appreciate the link and article by Michael Connelley who has read the whole Obamacare bill--------and commented as regards the Constitution of USA. This message needs to be spread------ The 10th Amendment is a major key to prevent federal control of every aspect of our lives from pre-birth to grave----via this egreious all reaching bill----- "The 10TH AMENDMENT states: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are preserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Under the provisions of this piece of Congressional handiwork neither the people nor the states are going to have any rights or powers at all in many areas that once were theirs to control." I think it is important to keep the debate over Obama/Pelosicare in the forefront; otherwise, it will be approved in the wee hours of the morning in some form not of our liking.