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This decision is so scary for the elastic commerce clause people. i saw you talking about lopez and more -- morrison. it would be landmark. it would overturn other decisions. vinson went beyond the notion that this isn't really commerce. you are not regulating commerce because people are not buying anything. he went on to say, if this law is upheld, you could force people to buy g.m. automobiles because it has an affect on the federal government because we subsidize g.m. that strikes at the heart of the modern elastic clause. it could be the most important decision for federalism in 70 years. ...

Health insurance. you do not have an elastic commerce clause. there are powers in the constitution government has no right to require a citizen to buy a product or service because they are living, sitting in a chair or existing. there are a number of supreme court cases that ruled that in addition, there is no right for the federal government to take the resources of a state to manipulate them and control them in the way this bill would do with respect to medicaid and other services in the state of florida and many of the other states. the cost to my state alone is billions of dollars that our...

To the u.s. supreme court where it should be decided is in the u.s. supreme court. whether or not congress has this unlimited power under the commerce clause. the supreme court has said two times, the congress can't force anyone to buy whatever service they choose. they can regulate commerce but they can't say you have to buy a product, you have to engage in commerce. this bill punishes inactivity. somebody wants to sit on the sideline gets punished. we picked florida for no particular reason. maybe it is the palm trees, beautiful place, so is nebraska. >> greta: i've been to nebraska, it is b...