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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Mar 30 14:22:26 2012, in response to Re: If the Supreme Court votes down mandatory healthcare, the US is a Third World Nation, posted by bingbong on Fri Mar 30 11:16:42 2012. General Welfare and Commerce are two separate clauses. The GW clause has plenty of precedent which would argue against the mandate being constitutional. The Commerce clause argument is exactly the opposite, as there's no precedent for this and would fundamentally re-define what it means should the mandate be upheld. |