Senin, 14 Februari 2011

Supreme Court watchers: Roberts, Alito no sure bets against health-care mandate

You can go old school, citing the great arc of decisions that began in 1819 in which the court has built upon one precedent after another to say the Constitution gives Congress great powers to conduct the nation's business.


You can go modern era to cite the instances in the last two decades where the court put on the brakes. It said the Commerce Clause did not give federal lawmakers the power to regulate whatever they wanted.


Or you can go real world and say precedents don't matter much.

Read more ...

Tidak ada komentar:

Posting Komentar