.HEALTHCARE REFORM
and the
US CONSTITUTION
Healthcare and the US Constitution
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Protecting Free Choice, Free Enterprise and Personal Liberty
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Healthcare and the US Constitution - News articles, white papers, videos, editorials, opinions and commentary
- David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey. "Mandatory Insurance is Unconstitutional." 17 September 2009. <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204518504574416623109362480.html>
- Judge Andrew P. Napolitano. "Health-Care Reform and the Constitution." 15 September 2009. <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203917304574412793406386548.html>
- Timothy Noah. "Can Barack Obama Make You Buy Health Insurance?" 04 August 2009. <http://www.slate.com/id/2224258>
- David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey. “Illegal Health Reform.” 22 August 2009. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/21/AR2009082103033.html>
- Judge Andrew P. Napolitano. "Is Government Run HealthCare Constitutional?" <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADVJ0GJ0N2g&feature=player_embedded>
- Rob Natelson. "Is ObamaCare Constitutional?" 18 August 2009. <http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/08/18/is-obamacare-constitutional>
- Randy Barnett. "Healthcare: Is 'Mandatory Insurance' Unconstitutional?" 18 September 2009. <http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10579>
- Jillian Bandes. "Where Does Congress Get the Authority to Mandate Purchase of Health Care?" 22 October 2009. < http://townhall.com/blog/g/ee402433-6345-4cd3-8e67-a4620e7e3302?comments=true&commentsSortDirection=Descending>
- Ken Klukowski. "Individual Mandate Insurance is Unconstitutional." 20 October, 2009. <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28463.html#>
- Terence P. Jeffrey. "Can Obama and Congress Order You to Buy Broccoli?" 21 October 2009 <http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/55827>
- Erwin Chemerinsky. "Health Care Reform is Constitutional." 23 October 2009. <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1009/28620.html>
- Gene Healey. "Read the bills? How about Reading the Constitution?" 27 October 2009. <http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10700>
- Ballonoff Paul. "The Missing Patent and the Health Care Debate" 01 November 2009 <http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/11/01/the-missing-patent-and-the-health-care-debate>
- Erwin Chemerinsky v. David B. Rivkin, Federalist Society Online Debate Society. "Individual Health Care Insurance Mandate Debate." 03 November 2009. <http://www.fed-soc.org/debates/dbtid.35/default.asp>
- Cal Thomas. "Can the 10th Amendment save us? It's time to restore Framers' vision of limited government." 03 November 2009. <http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/03/can-the-10th-amendment-save-us>
- Rob Schwarzwalder. "Healthcare and the Constitution." 10 November 2009. <http://www.frcblog.com/2009/11/health-care-and-the-constitution>
- Walter E. Williams. "Constitutional Contempt." 12 November 2009. <http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/57049>
- Kent Masterson Brown (Washington Legal Foundation) "Constitutionally Terminal: Mandating Health Insurance Exceeds Congressional Authority." 20 November 2009. <http://www.wlf.org/Upload/legalstudies/legalbackgrounder/112009Brown_LegalBackgrounder.pdf>
- Ruth Marcus. "Health Care Mandate is Constitutional." 25 November 2009. <http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/11/25/health_care_mandate_is_consitutional_99290.html> and <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/24/AR2009112402815_pf.html>
- Tom Schaller. "Constitutional Chicanery." 25 November 2009. <http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/11/constitutional-chicanery.html>
- American Center for Law and Justice. "Individual Mandate: Is It Constitutional?" 08 December 2009. <http://www.aclj.org/media/pdf/Constitutionality_of_Individual_Mandate_Memo.pdf>
- Randy Barnett, Nathaniel Stewart and Todd Gaziano (Heritage Foundation). "Why the Personal Mandate to Purchase Health Insurance is Unprecedented and Unconstitutional." 09 December 2009. <http://s3.amazonaws.com/thf_media/2009/pdf/lm_0049.pdf>
- Brian Darling. "Obama's Individual Health Care mandate is Unconstitutional." 10 December 2009. <http://biggovernment.com/2009/12/10/obamas-individual-health-care-mandate-is-unconstitutional/#more-43462>
- Rob Natelson (Tenth Amendment Center). "Are Federal Health Insurance Mandates Constitutional?" 18 December 2009. <http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2009/12/11/are-federal-health-insurance-mandates-constitutional>
- Susan Jones. "Health Care Bill’s Individual Mandate Is Unconstitutional, Conservative Group Argues" 22 December 2009. <http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/58900>
- FoxNews.com. "Health Care Bill Could Face String of Legal Challenges." 22 December 2009. <http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/22/health-care-face-string-legal-challenges>
The Tenth Amendment Foundation, Inc. "Why Congressionally Imposed Health Care is Unconstitutional." - Michael O'Brien. "Challenge to Health Bill's Constitutionality Fails, 39-60." 23 December 2009. <http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/73499-challenge-to-health-bills-constitutionality-fails-39-60>
- Peter Urbanowicz and Dennis Smith (Federalist Society). "Constitutional Implications of an "Individual Mandate" in Health Care Reform." <http://www.fed-soc.org/doclib/20090710_Individual_Mandates.pdf>
- Alex Isenstadt. "Ben Nelson to Henry McMaster: 'Call off the dogs'" 01 January 2010. <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0110/31100.html>
- Jass Bravin. "Insurance Mandate Feeds GOP's Attack on Legal Front." 01 January 2010. <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126316838618223965.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsForth>
- Howard Troxler. "Is the Health Care Bill in Congress Constitutional?" 03 January 2010. <http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/is-the-health-care-bill-in-congress-constitutional/1062761>
- George F. Will. "That Rock in the Health-Care Road? It's Called the Constitution." 14 January 2010 <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/13/AR2010011303460.html>
- Roger Pilon. "Health Care and teh Constitution." 14 january 2010 <http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=11133>
- Orrin G. Hatch and Mark Shurtleff. "Health Care Leguislation is a Threat to Liberty." 20 January 2010. <http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-hatch20-2010jan20,0,4803614.story>
- Akhil Reed Amar. "Constitutional Objections to Obamacare Don't Hold-Up." 20 January 2010. <http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/20/opinion/la-oe-amar20-2010jan20>
Rob Natelson. "On the Constitution, Beware the Word “Clearly”" 23 January 2010.- Pete Winn. "Levin's Landmark Legal Foundation to File Immediate Constitutional Challenge If House Dems Try to Pass Health-Care Without Actually Voting on It" 17 March 2010. <http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/62939>
- Matt Cover. "Top Rules Committee Republican: I Will Do Everything I Can to Stop Outrageous Slaughter Rule" 17 March 2010. <http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/62897>
- Nicholas Ballasy. "South Dakota Governor: Federal Government Should Not Require Citizens to Buy Health Insurance." 17 March 2010. <http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/62896>
- Josh Gerstein. "GOP Gears Up for Health Bill Lawsuits." 17 March 2010. <http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/34591_Page2.html>
- Greg Stohr. "Pelosi Tactic for Health Care Vote Woudl Raise Legal Questions" 17 March 2010. <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aTQARvST4dv8>
- Derek Sheriff. "Question Authority: Especially When it Comes to health Care Reform." 17 March 2010. <http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2010/03/17/question-authority-especially-when-it-comes-to-health-care-reform>
- Randy Barnett. "Is Healthcare Reform Constitutional?" 21 March 2010. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2010/03/19/ST2010031902020.html>
- Ashby Jones. "Health Care: Cue Up the Legal Fights." 22 March 2010. <http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/03/22/health-care-with-legislative-battle-ending-will-legal-challenges-follow>
- John Schwartz. "Health Measure’s Opponents Plan Legal Challenges." 22 March 2010 <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/health/policy/23legal.html?ref=politics>
- Walter Williams. "Abuses Stir A Constitutional Awakening." 22 March 2010. <http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=528103>
- Huma Kahn. "Obama Signs Health Care Bill Today as GOP Challenges Constitutionality." 23 March 2010. <http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/HealthCare/obama-sign-health-care-bill-law-republicans-challenge/story?id=10176898>
- Charles Lane. "Is health reform unconstitutional? Don't laugh." 24 March 2010. <http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/03/is_health_reform_unconstitutio.html?hpid=opinionsbox1>
- Wall Street Journal. "Obamacare and the Constitution." 02 April 2010. <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704896104575140063408610580.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_opinion>
- Randy Barnett. "The Insurance Mandate in Peril: First Congress said it was a regulation of commerce. Now it's supposed to be a tax. Neither claim will survive Supreme Court scrutiny." 28 April 2010. <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704446704575206502199257916.html?mod=WSJ_hp_mostpop_read>
- Dr. Ronald L. Trowbridge. "Close Call But Court Will Find Individual Mandate Unconstitutional." 01 May 2010. <http://biggovernment.com/dtrowbridge/2010/05/01/close-call-but-court-will-find-individual-mandate-unconstitutional/>
- National Review Online. "Congressional Research Service Says Parts of Obamacare May be Unconstitutional." 03 May 2010. <http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YzczNjJjMzU1ODY0OTZmNzA5MWUyNjgyMDJkNzc0YmI>
- David Hogberg. "ObamaCare’s Mandate Is Not A Tax, Except When It Is." 17 June 2010. <http://blogs.investors.com/capitalhill/index.php/home/35-politicsinvesting/1843-obamacares-mandate-is-not-a-tax-except-when-it-is>
- Robert Pear. "Changing Stance, Administration Now Defends Insurance Mandate as a Tax." 18 July 2010. <http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/health/policy/18health.html?_r=1&ref=politics>
- Randy Barrett. "Commandeering the People: Why the Individual Health Insurance Mandate is Unconstitutional." 22 September 2010. <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1680392&rec=1&srcabs=1747189>
- Suderman, Peter. "You Don’t Actually Have to Be Engaged In Commerce For Your Choices to Be Regulated Under the Commerce Clause." 01 December 2010. <http://reason.com/blog/2010/12/01/you-dont-actually-have-to-be-e>
- George Will. "The Case for Engaged Justices." 05 December 2010. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/03/AR2010120304467.html>
- Eric H. Holder Jr. and Kathleen Sebelius. "Health reform will survive its legal fight." 14 December 2010. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/13/AR2010121303816.html>
- David Nather. "Health care may be high-court nail-biter." 01 February 2011. <http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20110201/pl_politico/48563>
- Ashby Jones. "Contentious Clause at Heart of Health-Law Challenges." 01 February 2011. <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704254304576116653636334920.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsForth>
- Wall Street Journal. "The Constitutional Moment: Judge Vinson introduces ObamaCare to Madison and Marshall." 01 February 2011. <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703439504576116090813454296.html?mod=WSJ_article_related>
- George Will. "The Supreme Court and the health-care mandate muddle." 13 March 2011. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/11/AR2011031105815.html>
Mark A. Hall. "Commerce Clause challenges to health care reform." <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1747189>Referred to in George Will column.- Philip Klein. "Georgetown law professor: government is shifting its constitutional defense of ObamaCare." 11 May 2011. <http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/05/georgetown-law-professor-government-shifting-its-constitutional-d>
- Philip Klein. "Obama solicitor general: If you don't like mandate, earn less money." 02 June 2011. <http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/06/obama-solicitor-general-if-you-dont-mandate-earn-less-money>
- HIram Reisner. "Bondi: Obamacare penalty labeled tax." 09 June 2011. <http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/Obamacare-repeal-penalty-appeal/2011/06/09/id/399377>
- Myron Magnet. "On tyranny and liberty: Would the Founders approve of the natIon we've made?" August 2011. <http://city-journal.org/2011/21_4_tyranny-and-liberty.html>
- Adam Liptak. “Health Law Puts Focus on Limits of Federal Power.” 13 November 2011. < http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/14/us/politics/health-law-debate-puts-focus-on-limit-of-federal-power.html?_r=2>
- David B. Rivkin Jr. And Lee A. Casey. “Obamacare and The Limits Of Government.” 14 November, 2011. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204323904577038232724779286.html?grcc=88888Z0&mod=WSJ_hpp_sections_opinion
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