No Justice Roberts, The healthcare mandate is NOT Constitutional if viewed as a tax.

By: stevenf (Diary)  |  June 28th at 06:06 PM  | 

In the majority opinion, Chief Justice Roberts admits the mandate to purchase medical insurance is Unconstitutional.  He them claims that Obamacare doesn’t actually contain such a mandate, but the penalty for not doing so is Constitutional as a tax.  The relevant text from the Constitution, in Article 1, Section 9 reads: No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the | Read More »