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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (70999)	11/15/2014 11:19:48 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

>> (The Constitution doesn't expressly prohibit such... The Constitution, along with the history of it, is about as clear as you can get. If the Court will allow a cut-and-paste operation of this nature, in a bill that raises 100s of billions of dollars in revenue, the Origination Clause (which the Framers took great pains to insert into the Constitution) would be rendered inapplicable. I can't imagine a Supreme Court holding that any word in the Constitution is "too esoteric."