RICHMOND – Del. Bob Marshall, never one to shy away from controversial statements, told the U.S. Supreme Court Monday that the federal health care law was “akin to forcible economic rape.”
Marshall made the statement in a 46-page brief submitted to the high court from his legislative office asking the court to strike down the Affordable Care Act. The brief sets a combative tone for the Manassas Republican’s budding campaign for Virginia’s open U.S. Senate seat against former Gov. George Allen and others.
Sen. Dick Black, R-Leesburg, joined Marshall in the filing. Justices will hear five and a half hours of arguments in the case next month.
Marshall’s main objection to President Obama’s health care reform is the individual mandate, which requires everyone to purchase health insurance or pay a fine. Federal courts are split on whether the mandate is constitutional and it’s at the center of the case the Supreme Court will decide in June.
Proponents of the mandate and the health care reforms argue the law is constitutional because Congress has the right to regulate interstate commerce. It’s that assertion Marshall attempts to discredit.
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“Marshall’s main objection to President Obama’s health care reform is the individual mandate, which requires everyone to purchase health insurance or pay a fine. Federal courts are split on whether the mandate is constitutional and it’s at the center of the case the Supreme Court will decide in June.”
We can not be forced to buy anything. Government should not be invading our personal lives. That’s what big government is all about and it must be stopped. Who on the Supreme Court doesn’t want to follow the Constitution? Those justices are out of line and should not be on the Supreme Court. Obama’s appointees are probably the culprits, impeach him and the justices he appointed. I think every elected official should be bound by term limits, one term, no retirement pay. They are there to serve.
They have been serving, just not you or me. They help themselves though pretty well don’t they?!
This should prove to be a good barometer of how badly our courts in America have been infiltrated with anti-Constitutionalists. Just like Prop. 8 in Calif. where the people voted down marriage between people of the same sex, the court decided that we, the people, apparently don’t know what the hell we’re talking about, and decided against the people in favor of the homos!
I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what these judges will do.