Obamacare: The End of Federalism?
Virginia's attorney general, who recently won a preliminary round over the Obama administration in his state's fight over Obamacare, warns if the federal government can order citizens to purchase health insurance, "they can order you to do anything."
If the insurance mandate is upheld, according to Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, it will be the end of the American way of life and government.
"An interesting thing for people to think about is, if this is activity that can be regulated under the Commerce Clause [of the U.S. Constitution], then the federal government can reach anything," he said in a recent interview with Fox News host Greta Van Susteren.
"This is where you get to the massive expansion of federal power," he warned. "If they can say that ordering you to do something is economic activity, ordering you into the economy, then they can order you to do anything, and we don't any longer have a government of limited powers.
"That's a major concern. We lose this case, it's the end of federalism," he said.
Virginia's lawsuit over Obamacare is one among many challenging the law's demand that everyone buy government-approved health insurance or pay a special tax penalty. Earlier this week, U.S. District Court Judge Henry Hudson ruled the lawsuit could continue because no court ever has decided whether it's constitutional to order Americans to buy a product selected by the government.
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