I just finished a Nevada News Bureau blogger’s news conference with the attorney representing Nevada pro bono contesting the constitutionality of Obamacare, since our Democratic AG, Cortez-Masto refuses to represent Nevadans. Mark Hutchinson is special counsel for the state by virtue of Governor Gibbons’ executive order appointing him. The AG has committed a statutory misdemeanor by refusing to act. The AG doesn’t seem to be concerned with law, at least a law that binds her. She will do or not do as she pleases.
This is emblematic of the liberal or progressive–as they want to be euphemistically called–mindset. This country, indeed, this state came into being as a government of laws as contrasted with a government of people. The left from Wilson’s time on has bridled at this restraint.
For Obama, Pelosi, Reid and the Democrats, the U.S. Constitution has no meaning. The 10th Amendment reserves to the states or the people all powers not specifically delegated to the federal government. There is no constitutional delegation of healthcare, so they argue authority from the commerce clause which gives congress the power to regulate interstate commerce. The courts have allowed a very broad interpretation of that power, but never have they treated a law that forces action on citizens by virtue of their citizenship. That is the individual mandate of Obamacare.
If the individual mandate of Obamacare is upheld, then the constitution is meaningless. Think of that the basic, fundamental supreme law, the foundation of our republic is meaningless. Substituted for law is the whim of the president or the majority party. A citizen can be forced to act, forced to spend money, on any manner of thing. Tree hugging liberals can force PV panel installation on your roof. Doctors can be forced to perform abortions. Adult children can be forced to euthanize their aged parents. There are literally no limits. Inactivity can be made illegal–as it is in Obamacare.
Now that is why these lawsuits contesting Obama’s power grab are so damn important. That is why 14 states are litigating and why 7 others are about to join them. The constitutional issue is paramount here. If Obama can assume the role of dictator, like his “mi amigo” Chavez, then this country is lost, our children will have no future.
My thanks to Elizabeth Crum for arranging these blogger conference calls and to the three other attorneys participating: Josh Hicks, former general counsel to the governor, Joel Hansen, the IAP candidate for AG, and Jacob Hafer, the GOP candidate for AG.
Constitutions are messy things for dictators. Obama and his liberal ilk know what’s best for the rest of us in the unwashed masses. They will do what they please as long as they are in power.