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Issues. what specifically are you planning on doing? >> we are in litigation. we have our first scheduling conference set for the 14th of april that has two things. number one, individual mandate absolutely unconstitutional. number two medicaid expansion, violate of 10th amendment, 9th amendment. in utah we are unique. we already our legislature decided they needed to do something on the state level, local level with regard to this issue. when created an exchange only massachusetts and utah have exchanges. you have federally elected officials telling state officials what they have to do. >> se...

>> i can't let you go there. it specifically said it is not constitutional under the commerce laws it is constitutional under the tax. the question will raising taxes for the middle class let's look at the record. congressional budget office estimates in 2016, 4 million americans will pay the mandate penalty for tax and 75 percent of those people will make less than 120,000 a year. between 2012 and 2021 those folks will pay 27 billion in additional taxes. let me make this point i promisepromise i will let you talk. they are taking quite a hit by what the supreme court says is a tax. >> if you ...

Views and the constitution, a chance to steal the spotlight and just as paul ryan was the health care congress map, some senate republican will be the "go to" person during the hearings of the constitution. whoever it is, he or she should use the hearings to highlight current constitutional challenges to the new health care law. obama's nominee must be asked the following question: is there any meaningful limit on congress' power under the commerce laws? congress used the commerce law to justify the recent health care power grab. and now is not the time for conservatives to start pouting but t...