''Recall the anger at former President George W. Bush, who, to fight the war on terror, "trashed" and "shredded" the Constitution. The same people who railed against the Patriot Act, the terror surveillance program and "illegal" torture happily unleash the power of the federal government to redistribute wealth for Obamacare, a socially desirable objective. Never mind the absence of authority in the Constitution.''
Ignore, for the moment, the ludicrous claim that giving 30 million Americans health insurance actually lowers the cost of health care
. What happened to freedom, to the opposition to an intrusive federal government?
Ask a liberal what he most dislikes about the "right"? "I resent the attempt to tell me how to live my life," he'll say. He'll mention abortion and say the decision belongs to a woman and her doctor. He'll mention same-sex marriage and say that government should not prevent two people of the same sex from marrying, especially if one objects based upon religious grounds. He'll argue that a Supreme Court "stacked" with right-wingers threatens his liberty.
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia gives liberals hot flashes. He is religious. He calls the Constitution a "contract," not a "living, breathing" document on which one can discover or project nonexistent rights. He is a "strict constructionist," or an "originalist," who believes that the literal words in the Constitution have meaning. He thinks his job is to figure out what the original framers meant, not what he would like them to have meant.
Ask a liberal how Scalia and those who share his "conservative" philosophy think the Supreme Court should decide issues like abortion, same-sex marriage and doctor-assisted suicide. He'll say, "Scalia would impose his religiously based worldview on society – anti-same-sex marriage and anti-abortion – because the federal government should always preserve life."
No, Scalia would not. In fact, Scalia has publicly said these issues are none of the court's business. He's said that however he feels personally about these contentious matters, the Constitution gives the court neither the authority nor the expertise to decide them – and such matters are ideally left to the states.
This brings us to Obamacare.
What words in the U.S. Constitution allow the federal government to compel every American to purchase health insurance? Where does the Constitution allow the federal government to take money from some Americans and give it to others so that they may purchase health insurance? http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=119907