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Sen. Burris Cites Unwritten Constitutional
(CNSNews.com) - When asked by CNSNews.com what specific part of the Constitution authorizes Congress to mandate that individuals must purchase health insurance, Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) pointed to the part of the Constitution that he says authorizes the federal government "to provide for the ...
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The Constitutional Imperative That Is Obamacare -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
The Corner on National Review OnlineHere's Barack Obama's successor in the Senate: “Well, that’s under certainly the laws of the--protect the health, welfare of the country," said Burris. "That’s under the Constitution. We’re not even dealing with any constitutionality here. Should we move in that direction? What does the Constitution say? To provide for the health, welfare and the defense of the country.” ...

Idiot opens mouth, removes all doubt
Cold FuryJust another halfwit Democrat Socialist demonstrating what the Constitution really means to him (nothing whatsoever) and the level of his understanding of it (about as deep as Paris Hilton’s understanding of string theory): (CNSNews.com) – when asked by CNSNews.com what specific part of the Constitution authorizes Congress to mandate that individuals must purchase health insurance, Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) pointed to the part of the Constitution that he says authorizes the federal government “to provide for the health, welfare and the defense of the country.” In fact, the ...

wee wee the people
Knowledge is Power — ... http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/56629” title="Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) pointed to the part of the Constitution that he says">Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) pointed to the part of the Constitution that he says ...

FLUNKING THE CONSTITUTIONAL TEST: “When asked by CNSNews.com what specific part of the Constitution…
Instapundit — ... FLUNKING THE CONSTITUTIONAL TEST: “When asked by CNSNews.com what specific part of the Constitution authorizes Congress to mandate that individuals must purchase health insurance, Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) pointed to the part of the Constitution that he says authorizes the federal government ‘to provide for the health, welfare and the defense of the country.’ In fact, the word ‘health’ appears nowhere in the Constitution.” Hey, these clowns don’t read the bills they vote on, so why expect them to have read the Constitution? ...

Sen Roland Burris (D-IL) advocates death penalty for non-insured!
RedState — …alternatively, he’s just dumber than soap.  From a CNS interview (H/T: Instapundit): CNSNews.com: “So, in general, if a person doesn’t want health insurance, do you think they should be required by the government to actually have to get it?” Senator Burris: “Under state law, we have every one required to have automobile insurance. Now, think about that. Sure, let’s. You see, ‘under state law’ people are not actually required to have automobile insurance: ...

There is Nothing Worse Than an Undetermined Person
Whiskey Fire — ... on his throne, as it were, yelling out in a 4th-grade "neener neener" voice, "oh yeah! Well, OBAMA wants STALIN to wipe HIS ass! HAHAHA! I'm sitting here in my OWN SHIT! The failure of Liberalism is CLEAR! Chortle laugh giggle." And all the while he's plucking dingleberries the size of dashboard dice. What I'm saying is, Moe Lane is weird. Anyhow, Kool Moe Dumb: Sen Roland Burris (D-IL) advocates death penalty for non-insured! From a CNS interview (H/T: Instapundit): CNSNews.com: “So, in ...

There is Nothing Worse Than an Undetermined Person
Whiskey Fire — ... on his throne, as it were, yelling out in a 4th-grade "neener neener" voice, "oh yeah! Well, OBAMA wants STALIN to wipe HIS ass! HAHAHA! I'm sitting here in my OWN SHIT! The failure of Liberalism is CLEAR! Chortle laugh giggle." And all the while he's plucking dingleberries the size of dashboard dice. What I'm saying is, Moe Lane is weird. Anyhow, Kool Moe Dumb: Sen Roland Burris (D-IL) advocates death penalty for non-insured! From a CNS interview (H/T: Instapundit): CNSNews.com: “So, in ...

Madison versus Hoyer (with sources!)
Classical Values — ... (who has left so many helpful comments here that I treat an email from him like a homework assignment), my attention was directed to a perfect -- perfectly dreadful that is -- example of the contempt some of our highest elected officials have for the Constitution: James O'Connor, Burris's communications director, later told CNSNews.com that although the word "health" does not appear anywhere in the Constitution, the senator was referring to the Preamble of the Constitution which says the following: "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, ...

Buy What Democrats Say to Buy or GO TO JAIL
Stop The ACLU — ... want to turn YOU into a federal criminal if you don’t want to buy her health insurance. Criminal penalties include: Is it Constitutional? Apparently they just don’t care. But what does it matter if the Constitution is violated by members of the Democrat Party? After all, they will rewrite the Constitution to suit their transitory criteria with which they’ll pass whatever bill they want to push. The Constitution serves as no obstacle at all to their ambitions. Here is a prime example. CNSNews asked Senator Burris if he saw this power to coerce the people to engage in preferred ...

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