Is mandate constitutional?

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Author(s)	Jonathan Turley
Source	USA Today
Date	March 31, 2010
URL	http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2010/03/column-is-mandate-constitutional.html
Quote	"With this legislation, Congress has effectively defined an uninsured 18-year-old man in Richmond as an interstate problem like a polluting factory. It is an assertion of federal power that is inherently at odds with the original vision of the Framers. If a citizen who fails to get health insurance is an interstate problem, it is difficult to see the limiting principle as Congress seeks to impose other requirements on citizens."

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This item takes a mixed stance on the position Act should not have been passed on the topic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.