Court must reject health care law

Concerning the current federal judicial review of the health care law: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people” (Tenth Amendment). Now, where in our Constitution does our Congress, the presidential White House or the judiciary have the right to mandate individual health insurance coverage? Indeed, each state in itself, governed by its state constitution, or approved by its state citizens, may deem health insurance coverage as a mandate if so set forth within their state constitution.

This is indeed a limit to congressional, presidential or judiciary powers. Those elected to represent the people have overstepped their authority under our federal Constitution, using gimmicks to sidestep it, and deserve at minimum not to be re-elected or even removed from their congressional or presidential posts.

It is unfortunate that Congress has included some fair and just provisions, but with the $15 trillion-and-growing debt, we have no way of paying for another trillion added for health care.

The Supreme Court has no choice but to strike down the entire bill along with sending it back to our Congress for rewriting and ensuring that it be fundable within a balanced, debt-reducing budget.

Donald Schmidgall

Arlington Heights