
Democrats Claim Congress Has Authority to Make Everyone Buy Snuggies and Jupiter Jacks
by ilene - March 27th, 2010 8:00 pm
Democrats Claim Congress Has Authority to Make Everyone Buy Snuggies and Jupiter Jacks
Washington, D.C.--After Congress, for the first time in U.S. history, passed a law that requires everyone to purchase a particular product — in this case health insurance — over a dozen states have filed lawsuits arguing the legislation violates the Commerce Clause of the Constitution which grants Congress only the limited power to regulate activities that effect interstate transactions.