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Quote of the day, “Pelosi’s constitutional ignorance” edition

It’s always been scary that San Fran Nan was in the House, much less Speaker of it.  To have such a profound ignorance of the Constitution she has sworn to protect is outrageous.  Details:

CNSNews.com asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday where the Constitution authorized Congress to order Americans to buy health insurance–a mandate included in both the House and Senate versions of the health care bill–Pelosi dismissed the question by saying: “Are you serious? Are you serious?”

Pelosi’s press secretary later responded to written follow-up questions from CNSNews.com by emailing CNSNews.com a press release on the “Constitutionality of Health Insurance Reform,” that argues that Congress derives the authority to mandate that people purchase health insurance from its constitutional power to regulate interstate commerce.

Notes Gateway Pundit:

Or, in other words, the Pelosi-Obama regime can force you to buy burnt monkey droppings if they want to.

Or any other product, for that matter.  How soon until the feds require that we buy cars from Government Motors?

Her claim that the Interstate Commerce Clause of the Constitution would be hilarious were she not (a) a sworn protector of the Constitution (well, “officially” anyway) and (b) not second in line to the presidency.  By her “logic” (and I do use that term oh so loosely), Congress can compel you and me to buy anything.  Is that really what the Founding Fathers wrote or intended?  The only money that Congress can constitutionally compel us to pay is in the form of taxes.  A “health insurance mandate” doesn’t count.

Also, considering that each state’s health insurance industries are contain within the state (thanks to Congress’ prohibition of allowing health insurance companies to operate across state lines), what we’re talking about here is intrastate commerce, not interstate.  As such, Congress has no Interstate Commerce authority to force us to buy health insurance, or any other darned thing for that matter.

October 23, 2009 Posted by crushliberalism | Constitution, health care, Pelosi, quote of the day | 3 Comments