conservatives, that even congress doesn t have that power. and there is discussion floating around about the states police power. i think there is some notion that only states can do this, and the progressives, more progressive justices, justice breyer, justice sotomayor, justice kagan, are saying, wait a minute, people are dying. justice breyer said something like, are we really serious that it s good for the american people to block a vaccine mandate in this moment? i think these justices, we ll see moving forward a pulling back of federal authority to regulate the economy and vaccines i think are just the step today. that is, the argument is there s nothing allowing agencies under the president to regulate vaccines. but even congress arguably can t do that, there was discussion that the commerce clause doesn t
shannon: tom? we ve joined in the florida action the case going to the u.s. supreme court. our position is the federal commerce clause doesn t enable the federal government to require me to buy something i don t want to buy, such as health insurance or it might be a car next time around because the government now owns general motors. governor romney did that at the state level but doesn t support it at the federal level. shannon: alan? for my purposes near south carolina, there are enumerated powers that give congress the ability to do certain things forcing people to enter into private contracts is not an he mime rated power. i think that is that is a slippery slope, enlargement of congressional and federal power we are going to be strongly advocating this string to the united states supreme court that is an overreach by congress and the federal government.
summary judgment a hour to each side. we are each going to try to convince judge vincent at the last moment or two we have with him that our arguments have been right, pleadings filed, miranda of law. i ve read both sides extensively. i think you could stack them up 10, 12 inches tall on your desk. we are going to make the argument tomorrow that we all have talked about many times that the individual mandate is unconstitutional. congress has no authority for it in the constitution. the commerce clause doesn t and cannot require congress cannot require people to buy an insurance policy or any product when they are not engaged in economic activity. something you and i talked about but not talked about a great deal the argument the state has that it is being coerced to cover more medicaid people. when medicaid again, it was designed for the needy. designed for the infirm and children. it was never designed for what
each side. we are each going to try to convince judge vincent at the last moment or two we have with him that our arguments have been right, pleadings filed, miranda of law. i ve read both sides extensively. i think you could stack them up 10, 12 inches tall on your desk. we are going to make the argument tomorrow that we all have talked about many times that the individual mandate is unconstitutional. congress has no authority for it in the constitution. the commerce clause doesn t and cannot require congress cannot require people to buy an insurance policy or any product when they are not engaged in economic activity. something you and i talked about but not talked about a great deal the argument the state has that it is being coerced to cover more medicaid people. when medicaid again, it was designed for the needy. designed for the infirm and children. it was never designed for what
this is a critical young if you are for critical juncture for our country. going up to 26 trillion dollars they are spending our grand children s money trying to push us to be more like europe with more spending, more taxes. the supreme court nomination [ inaudible ] american people want a supreme court justice who is going to read the constitution. the american people have more confidence in our founding fathers than today s politicians. let s get a supreme court justice who will read the constitution and remember the 10th amendment. the commerce clause doesn t give congress the ability to do whatever they want. sean: i asked michael steele this question. the subtitle of my book defeating obama s radical agent agenda. liz cheney said he s putting america on a path of decline. newt gingrich said he s the most radical president in american history. is that accurate in your mind?