Constitutional showdown

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Author(s)	Akhil Reed Amar
Source	Los Angeles Times
Date	February 6, 2011
URL	http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-amar-health-care-legal-20110206,0,1370439.story
Quote	If Congress can tax me, and can use my tax dollars to buy a health insurance policy for me, why can't it tell me to get a policy myself (or pay extra taxes)? [Judge Roger] Vinson offers no cogent answer to this basic logical point.

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This item argues against the position Act should not have been passed on the topic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.