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1865 called. Said that States lost. 2006 called. Gov. Romney supports ObamaCare^WRomneyCare. 2012 Supreme Court called as well. Said ObamaCare was constitut

1865 called. Said that States lost. 2006 called. Gov. Romney supports ObamaCare^WRomneyCare. 2012 Supreme Court called as well. Said ObamaCare was constitutional.

clarky07 14y ago
1865 - Slavery was something that states shouldn't have the right to. They also shouldn't allow stealing, murder, etc. Turns out after the Civil War we didn't in fact repeal the 10th amendment. 2006 - No, as for a state and nationally are 2 different things. But even if he did, why should that matter here. I never said anything about Romeney, I don't really like him, and he most certainly was not my choice in the primaries. 2012 - now that is a pretty good point. I think they were wrong, but that is neither here nor there. For now I'll just have to deal with it, but that doesn't mean I can't support Congress repealing it, which they are perfectly capable of. Alternately, I can hope for a future non-Democrat court to actually read the constitution and overturn this recent decision. (Alternately we could amend the constitution and actually add language that makes socialist healthcare part of it. while i wouldn't support it, that would in fact be preferable to me.)
- TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
  Slavery is not an enumerated right, to control or to tax, for federal powers listed in the Constitution. Therefore it should fall to the states, or their respective citizens. A war was fought over this very issue. States lost. Get over it. Functionally, Massachusetts Health Care Insurance Reform Law is similar to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. One is state law, and the other one federal law. Questions were abound if PPACA was constitutional. SCOTUS said YES 5-4. Quote: "Alternately, I can hope for a future non-Democrat court to actually read the constitution and overturn this recent decision." Oh, and I believe the swing vote was Chief Justice John Roberts. Wasn't he a conservative justice, nominated by George W. Bush, after William Rehnquist passed? Facts are pesky things, aren't they?
  - clarky07 14y ago
    Actually it is. See the 13th amendment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_Uni... A war was fought over the issue, and we decided to add that particular issue to the constitution through the amendment process that the founders allowed for in the constitution. It turns out, that after the war, we didn't repeal the 10th. That's totally still there - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_to_the_United_S... Facts are pesky things, aren't they? And Reagan appointed Kennedy. What's your point? I see you also skipped over the part where I'd be ok with amending the constitution to add it. I wouldn't support it, but I'd be ok with it if it actually passed.
  - clarky07 14y ago
    In other news, I'm up far later than I want to be debating something I have almost no control over, with someone who describes himself as an idiot. "Honey come to bed" "I can't, somebody is wrong on the internet"
  - rdtsc 14y ago
    > Slavery is not an enumerated right, to control or to tax, for federal powers listed in the Constitution. So? It is not in a paper composed 200+ years ago that we somehow feel the need to worship and treat it like a set of magic tablets given to Moses on a mountain or something. Aren't the citizens supposed to be able to change and update that as they see fit, isn't that even more in the spirit of Founding Fathers than say just to continuously point a 200+ year old paper
    - TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
      In all honesty, I was just arguing with a libertarian with a strong constitutionalist mindset. And he finally got 'it' with the " In other news, I'm up far later than I want to be debating something I have almost no control over, with someone who describes himself as an idiot." comment. I was doing this in the middle of designing a platform and motor for my 3d scanner. Complete aside: I believe I can modify the source for MakerBot Scanner so it can scan rooms as well as individual objects. It'd be really spiffy to print panoramic pictures of a room. Call it an early work in progress. I'll publish soon-ish.
_delirium 14y ago
I would say 1964 is a bigger milestone. The Civil Rights Act was upheld (under the commerce clause), and its enforcement was successfully carried out with federal troops, once and for all putting down "states' rights", generally for the good.

1865 called. Said that States lost. 2006 called. Gov. Romney supports ObamaCare^WRomneyCare. 2012 Supreme Court called as well. Said ObamaCare was constitutional.

clarky07 14y ago

1865 - Slavery was something that states shouldn't have the right to. They also shouldn't allow stealing, murder, etc. Turns out after the Civil War we didn't in fact repeal the 10th amendment. 2006 - No, as for a state and nationally are 2 different things. But even if he did, why should that matter here. I never said anything about Romeney, I don't really like him, and he most certainly was not my choice in the primaries. 2012 - now that is a pretty good point. I think they were wrong, but that is neither here nor there. For now I'll just have to deal with it, but that doesn't mean I can't support Congress repealing it, which they are perfectly capable of. Alternately, I can hope for a future non-Democrat court to actually read the constitution and overturn this recent decision. (Alternately we could amend the constitution and actually add language that makes socialist healthcare part of it. while i wouldn't support it, that would in fact be preferable to me.)

TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
Slavery is not an enumerated right, to control or to tax, for federal powers listed in the Constitution. Therefore it should fall to the states, or their respective citizens. A war was fought over this very issue. States lost. Get over it. Functionally, Massachusetts Health Care Insurance Reform Law is similar to Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. One is state law, and the other one federal law. Questions were abound if PPACA was constitutional. SCOTUS said YES 5-4. Quote: "Alternately, I can hope for a future non-Democrat court to actually read the constitution and overturn this recent decision." Oh, and I believe the swing vote was Chief Justice John Roberts. Wasn't he a conservative justice, nominated by George W. Bush, after William Rehnquist passed? Facts are pesky things, aren't they?
- clarky07 14y ago
  Actually it is. See the 13th amendment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_to_the_Uni... A war was fought over the issue, and we decided to add that particular issue to the constitution through the amendment process that the founders allowed for in the constitution. It turns out, that after the war, we didn't repeal the 10th. That's totally still there - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_to_the_United_S... Facts are pesky things, aren't they? And Reagan appointed Kennedy. What's your point? I see you also skipped over the part where I'd be ok with amending the constitution to add it. I wouldn't support it, but I'd be ok with it if it actually passed.
- clarky07 14y ago
  In other news, I'm up far later than I want to be debating something I have almost no control over, with someone who describes himself as an idiot. "Honey come to bed" "I can't, somebody is wrong on the internet"
- rdtsc 14y ago
  > Slavery is not an enumerated right, to control or to tax, for federal powers listed in the Constitution. So? It is not in a paper composed 200+ years ago that we somehow feel the need to worship and treat it like a set of magic tablets given to Moses on a mountain or something. Aren't the citizens supposed to be able to change and update that as they see fit, isn't that even more in the spirit of Founding Fathers than say just to continuously point a 200+ year old paper
  - TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
    In all honesty, I was just arguing with a libertarian with a strong constitutionalist mindset. And he finally got 'it' with the " In other news, I'm up far later than I want to be debating something I have almost no control over, with someone who describes himself as an idiot." comment. I was doing this in the middle of designing a platform and motor for my 3d scanner. Complete aside: I believe I can modify the source for MakerBot Scanner so it can scan rooms as well as individual objects. It'd be really spiffy to print panoramic pictures of a room. Call it an early work in progress. I'll publish soon-ish.

_delirium 14y ago

I would say 1964 is a bigger milestone. The Civil Rights Act was upheld (under the commerce clause), and its enforcement was successfully carried out with federal troops, once and for all putting down "states' rights", generally for the good.