The Supreme Court has taken up the issue of the constitutionality, or lack thereof, of Obamacare. Being examined at present is the individual mandate. The question being can the government, using the Commerce Clause, order individual citizens to purchase a commercial product (medical insurance) and punish that citizen if he or she fails to do so. Again, at issue is the government authority under the Commerce Clause.
The founders of our Constitution inserted the Commerce Clause to allow the federal government to protect our industry using tariffs on foreign goods and anti-trust laws to prevent monopolies within the United States. I think the question that should be before the Supreme Court today is whether the implementation of CAFTA, NAFTA, and GATT are an act of treason under the Commerce Clause.
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