Monday, April 11, 2011

Opposition from both sides

Following up on last week's debate, this Missouri democrat and supporter of healthcare reform decided to put the law above his political preferences, joining the movement to repeal Obamacare on constitutional grounds.

This article also brings up an issue we discussed in last Thursday's class: whether solely the individual mandate may be stripped from the law, leaving the rest in effect, or if the entire law must be repealed if one part is deemed unconstitutional.

1 comment:

TJE said...

He uses the hypothetical of a body mass mandate.