Andrew A.
Post number: 2
Topic: Health
Title of Article: Health Care Reform: Why it's safe from the supreme court
Author: Mike Sacks
Publication Name: Huffington Post
Date of Publication: 03/18/2012
Length of Article: 1 page


The health care bill which was forced through congress by the combined power of the democrats and Obama, is now being challenged by libertarian conservatives. The health care bill requires all citizens to purchase the minimum health care possible if they can afford to do so. It incurs tax penalties for those who fail to do so, under the reasoning that their health care bills must be covered by themselves not by the federal government. This has been viewed with widespread outcry by Americans who "want the government to leave them alone." What they aren't saying though is that they would be willing to pay for their own medical bills instead they want the government to pay for them without increasing taxes. 


The author of this article believes that the health care bill which will soon be heard in the supreme court will not be struck down by the supreme court. As it stands the court is conservatively aligned with five conservative judges to four liberal judges. However the conservative judges believe in something called judicial restraint, which says that judges must only strike down things which are obviously against the constitution, and ignore any gray areas. Following this reasoning they are likely to uphold the law, because it follows the idea that congress can regulate interstate commerce.