The liberal Democrats’ atrociously expensive, red-ink, trillion-dollar-plus ObamaCare socialized medical bill now before Congress is bad enough because of its many unsound provisions — but is it also “unconstitutional”?
At least 13 state attorneys general are convinced it is.
Why? It’s “unequal,” along with its many other major flaws.
How? All Americans are supposed to have “equal justice under law.” But a very “unequal” deal was made to “buy” the vote of Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska.
The liberal Democrats needed 60 Senate votes to pass their terrible bill. But they had only 59. How could they get the needed “one more”?
They offered holdout Sen. Nelson a special favor — a $100 million benefit — to “buy” his vote. Eureka: 60 votes! Enough for Senate approval!
But what about the people in the 49 other states who would not have the Nelson-Nebraska $100 million deal — but would have to help pay for it?
The state attorneys general in 13 states — all Republicans — rose in protest. They correctly said the one-state benefit made the bill unconstitutional.
The attorneys general of Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Michigan, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington said: “We believe this provision is constitutionally flawed. As chief legal officers of our states we are contemplating a legal challenge to this provision and we ask you to take action to render this challenge unnecessary by striking this provision.”
They said further: “Because this provision has serious implications for the country and the future of our national legislative process, we urge you to take appropriate steps to protect the Constitution and the rights of the citizens of our states.”
But will the majority Democrat medical socializers do so? Of course not! They are rushing to pass their very bad bill and impose ruinous medical changes upon the American people — which would add a trillion-dollar cost while our country already has a $12.1 trillion national debt and is running trillion-dollar red-ink annual budgets.
Don’t say we weren’t warned.