Liberty Counsel told the court that because Obamacare was classified as a tax, it violates the Origination Clause of the Constitution, which requires all tax laws to originate in the House. Obamacare originated as House Resolution 3590, the Service Members Home Ownership Act. But after passing the House, Senate President Harry Reid simply removed its contents and title, replacing it with a new title and more than 2,000 pages. “H.R. 3590 was not originally a bill for raising revenue,” Staver said. “This is the first time that the gut-and-amend practice has been used by the Senate to impose new taxes. Our Founding Fathers wrote the Origination Clause because they wanted to keep the power to tax as close to the people as possible. Even after the 17th Amendment passed, allowing for the direct election of senators, the Origination Clause was preserved to keep the ‘power of the purse’ closer to the people, through their elected representatives. “Obamacare cannot originate in the Senate and is therefore invalid.” Staver earlier explained that the whole argument changed when the Supreme Court ordered the 4th Circuit to consider the case. Read more at wnd/2013/07/court-bats-obamacare-back-to-supremes/#86DJfCbzUywGzEC1.99
Posted on: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 13:58:45 +0000