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Althouse:  What will happen when the requirement that people buy health insurance is challenged in court?

CNSNews.com Headlines:  Newspaper Roundup for Monday, November 2, 2009

How Appealing:  "Health insurance mandate alarms some; Critics say it may be unconstitutional to charge a penalty for not buying a product; Supporters compare the mandate to car insurance requirements"

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Constitutional Law Prof Blog:  Health Care Constitutionality Revisited

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just some? RT @angrycalifornia: Health insurance mandate alarms some http://bit.ly/3DrlLh 11/5/2009

#housecall #killbill RT @CallMeExtreme Health insurance mandate alarms some http://bit.ly/1DhFYB #handsoff #unconstitutional 11/5/2009

Foes believe health insurance requirement could run afoul of Constitution. http://bit.ly/1jGUwm http://bit.ly/1zfrtw 11/2/2009

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What will happen when the requirement that people buy health insurance is challenged in court?
Althouse — There's no chance that it won't be challenged, is there? David Savage digs up a quote from the Clinton era: Requiring people to buy health insurance "would be an unprecedented form of federal action. . . . The government has never required people to buy any good or service as a condition of lawful residence in the United States." ...

Newspaper Roundup for Monday, November 2, 2009
CNSNews.com Headlines — ... Helping parents feel empowered and in control of their lives Los Angeles Times: Defenders of limited federal power foresee constitutional challenge to mandate to buy insurance Fox News/AP: ...

"Health insurance mandate alarms some; Critics say it may be unconstitutional to charge a penalty for not buying a product; Supporters compare the mandate to car insurance requirements"
How Appealing — "Health insurance mandate alarms some; Critics say it may be unconstitutional to charge a penalty for not buying a product; Supporters compare the mandate to car insurance requirements": David G. Savage had this article yesterday in The Los Angeles Times.

Health Care Constitutionality Revisited
Constitutional Law Prof Blog — ... is an update. In a column for politico.com, Erwin Chemerinsky, noted Con Law scholar and Dean of the Law School at UC-Irvine, wrote that Congress could certainly pass the proposed legislation under the commerce, taxing, or spending powers.  The dean cited Gonzales v. Raich in support of the commerce clause arguments.  He concludes, "There is much to argue about in the debate over health care reform, but constitutionality is not among the hard questions to consider." An article in yesterday's Los Angeles Times  attempted to address both sides of the issue.  The article ...