“It’s constitutional, bitches.” That was the considered legal judgement of one Patrick Gaspard, executive director of the Democratic National Committee and former Obama aide, when the Supreme Court handed down its health care decision last week. (Cleaned up for capitalization and punctuation, but not for language.)
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) took a different view. In response toNational Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius he declared, “just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be ‘constitutional’ does not make it so.”
“Make no mistake: Obamacare is not constitutional,” the senatorwrote in a post-ruling column. “As a consequence of the Court’s ruling, Americans, whether they want it or not, will be compelled to purchase a product — health insurance — or pay a penalty.” (Note that Paul did not call it a “tax” like Chief Justice John Roberts.)
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