by: Gary DeMar
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) says that support for nationalized healthcare is constitutional under the ‘Good and Welfare Clause.’ Huh? CNSNews.com asked Rep. Conyers, “What part of the Constitution do you think gives Congress the authority to mandate individuals to purchase health insurance?” Here was Conyers’ response:
Now if only Justice Roberts had been tested on the content and meaning of the Constitution.
A careful reader will note that “general welfare” did not mean aid to some at the expense of others, as James Madison was quick to point out in Federalist 41:
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) says that support for nationalized healthcare is constitutional under the ‘Good and Welfare Clause.’ Huh? CNSNews.com asked Rep. Conyers, “What part of the Constitution do you think gives Congress the authority to mandate individuals to purchase health insurance?” Here was Conyers’ response:
“Under several clauses, the good and
welfare clause and a couple others. All the scholars, the constitutional
scholars that I know — I’m chairman of the Judiciary committee, as you
know — they all say that there’s nothing unconstitutional in this bill
and if there were, I would have tried to correct it if I thought there
were.”
Note that Conyers is Chairman of the Judiciary Committee. Chairman!Now if only Justice Roberts had been tested on the content and meaning of the Constitution.
A careful reader will note that “general welfare” did not mean aid to some at the expense of others, as James Madison was quick to point out in Federalist 41:
“But what color can the objection have
[that the phrase ‘general welfare’ is not specified by particulars],
when a specification of the objects alluded to by these general terms
immediately follows and is not even separated by a longer pause than a
semicolon? . . . Nothing is more natural nor common than first to use a
general phrase, and then to explain and qualify it by a recital of
particulars . . . .”[1]
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