Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton issued the following statement
today regarding the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare:
Judicial Watch also uncovered documents detailing Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan’s role in Obamacare discussions when she served as President Obama’s Solicitor General.
Read more: http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-statement-on-supreme-court-obamacare-decision/
This Supreme Court majority rewrote
Obamacare and then upheld its constitutionality. This decision is
monstrous and upends the constitutional limits on federal power. That
the Chief Justice would join the Court’s liberal block to legislate from
the bench is shocking. Instead of calling the law Obamacare, we can
fairly call it “Robertscare.”
Justice Kagan’s controversial decision to
participate in this case despite unanswered questions about her role in
defending Obamacare while working in the Obama administration also
taints the High Court’s decision.
The Court’s decision will contribute to
the public’s concern that our government is out of control and acting
without constitutional authority. The rule of law suffered a stinging
blow today.
On February 13, 2012, Judicial Watch filed an amicus curiae brief
with the High Court challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare,
specifically the “individual mandate.” In its brief Judicial Watch
maintained that the “individual mandate” provision of Obamacare, which
requires every American citizen to purchase health care insurance or pay
a penalty, is unconstitutional – whether considered under Congress’
commerce power or taxing power:
Petitioners are trying to defend a
provision in an act passed by Congress that exceeds its enumerated
powers. Though Congress enacted this provision under the Commerce
Clause, Congress’ power under the clause is not broad enough to compel
Americans to engage in commerce by purchasing a particular product.
Though Petitioners try to rescue the provision by arguing that it is
valid under Congress’ taxing power even if it is invalid under Congress’
commerce power, a provision of an act that is not a tax may not be
construed as a tax merely to save it from being declared
unconstitutional.
Judicial Watch further argued that if the Supreme Court affirmed the
constitutionality of the individual mandate, “it must be willing to hold
that Congress’ powers under the Commerce clause are plenary and
unlimited, for there remains no principled way to limit Congress’ power
if it is stretched as far as Petitioners (the Obama administration)
ask.”Judicial Watch also uncovered documents detailing Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan’s role in Obamacare discussions when she served as President Obama’s Solicitor General.
Read more: http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-statement-on-supreme-court-obamacare-decision/
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