Try not to be surprised...

[elfs]

You know that one judge who claims that the federal mandate in Health Care Reform requiring us all to have some kind of healthcare is unconstitutional? Despite the fact that two other judges have said the law is constitutional, it's Henry Hudson's ruling that's getting all the press. I'm sure he's proud of that.

Henry Hudson is proud of one other thing, too: "20 years of active service to the Republican party."

Try not to be surprised.

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[tagryn]

That was rebutted by Volokh here. To sum: The Act certainly did not order seamen to purchase any form of private insurance, nor did it order them to purchase any other type of private good. The Act is a solid precedent for federal involvement in health care, and no precedent at all for a federal mandate to purchase private products.

If the mandate was written to require employers to purchase healthcare for all employees, that would be a better analogy.