New York Times – For Justices, a Matter of Framing the Core Issue on Health Care

By ADAM LIPTAK Published: March 27, 2012

“…The Constitution grants the federal government specified powers, reserving the rest to the states and to the people. The two powers at issue in the case, set out in Article I, Section 8, concern the regulation of interstate commerce and the imposition of taxes.

The administration’s primary argument is that the law is authorized by the commerce clause, which gives Congress the power to regulate commerce “among the several states.” The Supreme Court has read the clause broadly, saying it allows Congress to limit how much wheat may be grown on a family farm and to punish the cultivation of home-grown marijuana.

There have been only two modern exceptions to that broad interpretation….”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/28/us/supreme-court-hears-arguments-to-health-care-law.html?_r=1&hp

 

 

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