arguments over the president s healthcare law but the legal fight takes off in ernest when the first briefs in the case were officially filed. joining us to talk about the first round at the high court showdown, executive director of the national center for independent business and the chief council of the constitutional accountability center. welcome to you both. thanks for havin being here. thans for having us. the issue of the mandate. they say it is constitutional. you think is is a winning argument. i think it is a winning argument injuries the administration points out three area. the commerce clause power. the poured concreter to tax and spend for the general welfare and the necessary and proper clause. i think when you look at all of these textual supports for the constitutionality of the mandate what they really add up to is the fact that our founders wrote the constitution to give the federal government power to enact nationalred
fight takes off in ernest when the first briefs in the case were officially filed. joining us to talk about the first round at the high court showdown, executive director of the national center for independent business and the chief council of the constitutional accountability center. welcome to you both. thanks for havin being here. thans for having us. the issue of the mandate. they say it is constitutional. you think is is a winning argument. i think it is a winning argument injuries the administration points out three area. the commerce clause power. the poured concreter to tax and spend for the general welfare and the necessary and proper clause. i think when you look at all of these textual supports for the constitutionality of the mandate what they really add up to is the fact that our founders wrote the constitution to give the federal government power to enact nationalred
fdr i would be prepared to take on the judiciary if it didn t restrict itself in what it is doing. these are former attorney s generals. they say have they studied he goinger son. 28 out of 35 were agoal easterns. somebody that was highly criticized. not by anybody in poured concreter in 1802. jefferson himself asked is the supreme court supreme and he said that is absouthern division. that would be an oligarghy. lin son says no nine people could make as a historian i may understand this better as lawyers and as lawyers these two attorneys generals are acting like law schools which overly empowered lawyers to
fdr i would be prepared to take on the judiciary if it didn t restrict itself in what it is doing. these are former attorney s generals. they say have they studied he goinger son. 28 out of 35 were agoal easterns. somebody that was highly criticized. not by anybody in poured concreter in 1802. jefferson himself asked is the supreme court supreme and he said that is absouthern division. that would be an oligarghy. lin son says no nine people could make as a historian i may understand this better as lawyers and as lawyers these two attorneys generals are acting like law schools which overly empowered lawyers to
right now to make any kind of cuts that are going to directly impact jobs. i think let s eastbound tend the payroll tax. let s ex-end unemployment insurance. let s make sure that the doctors get a fair reimbursement. all these things have to be done by december 31 and i m hopeful that the republicans will work together with the democrats to achieve those goals in a sound way. we can see there is still a lot of negotiating to do. congressman pallone and congressman mccotter thank you both for weighing in today. residents in southern, california bracing for more gale-force winds today. a violent windstorm brought down trees and knocked out poured concreter to thousands in los angeles. gusts of up to 60 miles an hour are expected today and authorities are hoping the increased winds do not kick up wildfires. two giant pandas getting first-class treatment in their new home. sweety and sunshine arrived today from southwest china.