"For the power given to Congress by the Constitution does not extend to the internal regulation of the commerce of a State, (that is to say of the commerce between citizen and citizen,) which remain exclusively with its own legislature; but to its external commerce only, that is to say, its commerce with another State, or with foreign nations, or with the Indian tribes." –Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson's Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank : 1791. http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/bank-tj.a…

Note that Jefferson is not referenced in either Wickard v. Filburn or US v. Wrightwood Dairy Co., pivotal cases where FDR's pro-big federal government, outcome-driven justices perverted the Commerce clause. Also, state sovereignty is treated as a mere rumor in Wickard v. Filburn, and not mentioned at all in US v. Wrightwood.

The bottom line is that, where constitutionally unauthorized federal healthcare is concerned, the corrupt, Democratic-controlled Congress is wrongly ignoring the following. Congress is ignoring its Article V requirement to request new powers from the states, the power to regulate healthcare in this example.

To begin with, Thomas Jefferson, while discussing the Founder's division of federal and state government powers, had clearly indicated that the Founders had trusted the states, not the feds, with the care of the people.

"Our citizens have wisely formed themselves into one nation as to others and several States as among themselves. To the united nation belong our external and mutual relations; to each State, severally, *the care of our persons* (emphasis added), our property, our reputation and religious freedom." –Thomas Jefferson: To Rhode Island Assembly, 1801. ME 10:262 http://tinyurl.com/onx4j

Next, Justice Marshall had likewise clearly indicated that government power to regulate health issues belongs to the states, not the feds.

"State inspection laws, *health laws* (emphasis added), and laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c. are not within the power granted to Congress." –Chief Justice Marshall, GIBBONS V. OGDEN (1824). http://supreme.justia.com/us/22/1/case.html

Next, Chief Justice C.J. Fuller had likewise officially noted that the states, not the federal government, have the power to address health issues.

"It cannot be denied that the power of a State to protect the lives, *health* (emphasis added), and property of its citizens, and to preserve good order and the public morals, "the power to govern men and things within the limits of its dominion," is a power originally and always belonging to the States, not surrendered by them to the general government nor directly restrained by the Constitution of the United States, and essentially exclusive." –Chief Justice C.J. Fuller, United States v. E. C. Knight Company (1895) http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/U…

Finally, Judge Andrew Napolitano has indicated that public healthcare is not mentioned in the Constitution, particularly not in any of the clauses of Article I, Section 8, meaning the federal government has no constitutional authority to regulate healthcare.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADVJ0GJ0N2g&fe…

The bottom line is that Constitution-defending patriots need to quit giving Constitution-ignoring "leaders" like Pelosi the opportunity to sidestep major constitutional problems with illegal Obamacare by asking questions like, "Is federal public healthcare constitutional?" Instead, they need to make the following point followed with a blunt question.

They first need to point out that, given the Constitution's silence about public healthcare, the 10th A. automatically reserves government power to regulate healthcare to the states, not the Oval Office and Congress. On that basis, "leaders" like Pelosi then need to be asked why they shouldn't be charged with treason for promoting federal legislation based on constitutionally nonexistent federal government powers, powers wrongly usurped from the states by corrupt federal lawmakers.

They are incapable of acting any other way.

Americans want transparency. They want change in the way congresspeople do business.

Enough of this attachments to legislation to sneak something through. Vote on a single bill for that single bill's purpose!! Quit playing games. Both parties need to re-invent themselves and pass house and senate procedural guidelines that will stop the same garbage.

And lastly the leftist Columbia University journalism types in our media have done their profession of Journalism a slam by not reporting the farce of the "Doc" fix that hides $207B in expense from the oxymoron named "The Affordable Healthcare Act for America." The politicians on the left and the Media must think the people are fools. Let's see how foolish the people are in November 2010-I cannot wait.