The health-care law sacrifices the liberty of Americans and abandons the Constitution that protects that liberty. The power Congress claims it has to create the mandate and penalty has no principled limits: If the federal government can order a citizen to purchase a private product such as health insurance in the name of public policy, it can order us to buy anything.
Political, philosophical, and theological reflections from a Christian idealist with libertarian leanings and a professional interest in science and mathematics.
Showing posts with label Ken Cuccinelli. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ken Cuccinelli. Show all posts
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Ken Cuccinelli's lawsuit against Obamacare
Ken Cuccinelli, the attorney general of Virginia, just won his case before a federal judge in Richmond on Monday. On Thursday he published an editorial insisting that the case go quickly to the Supreme Court. I think he makes an appropriate argument against the health care bill. Regardless of anything else Cuccinelli might say or do, I have to support him, at least in principle, in this argument:
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free markets,
freedom,
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Ken Cuccinelli,
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