UNCONSTITUTIONAL

What's that word? Oh, right. "Bitch-slapped"

“ 'The powers of the legislature are defined and limited; and that those limits may not be mistaken, or forgotten, the Constitution is written." —Chief Justice John Marshall, writing in Marbury v. Madison (1803). ” The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals cites those prophetic words in its decision yesterday finding President Obama's individual health-care mandate unconstitutional, and they do seem more relevant than ever. The 2-1 opinion is another landmark in restoring the government of limited and enumerated powers that the Framers envisioned. “ That is "breathtaking in its expansive scope," the court wrote. "The government's position amounts to an argument that the mere fact of an individual's existence substantially affects interstate commerce, and therefore Congress may regulate them at every point of their life. This theory affords no limiting principles in which to confine Congress's enumerated power." In other words, if the government can impose this kind of "economic mandate"—if it can force individuals to enter contracts with private companies "from birth to death"—there are no longer limits on what it cannot do. "These types of purchasing decisions are legion," Judges Hall and Dubina write. [Full] ” Rush predicted yesterday that Obama would continue to fund implemantion,  so that when it reaches the SCOTUS he can argure, "Look, we've already spent $2 trillion on it .... ."