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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Veggie Mandates? Justices Ask How Far Gov't Can Go

WASHINGTON (AP) - It boiled down to a debate over broccoli. And bread. And burial plots. If government can tell people to buy health insurance, Supreme Court justices wanted to know, what else could it make them buy?

Throughout Tuesday's hearing on the health care law, the justices and lawyers argued about the perfect product to illustrate the limits of the federal government's power over interstate markets.

"Everybody has to buy food sooner or later, so you define the market as food, therefore, everybody is in the market; therefore, you can make people buy broccoli," offered Justice Antonin Scalia, obviously resistant to expanding government's reach.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Perhaps our MD Senators will want to "mandate" that you buy an American car or truck next.

Anonymous said...

Oh that's coming... sooner than you think...

they are making cars as hybrids and straight up electric cars and soon you won't be able to buy a gas car if Obama has his way...

Oh also note, that when that happens, the cars are going to be 30k or higher, so who can afford that...