I should have been more up on this, after hearing much in recent weeks on Randy Ray Renshaw’s “Open Line” KSCJ 1360AM show. There is a growing number of people who think it isn’t constitutional for the government to enact federal health reform, since it would violate the 10th Amendment. Renshaw has been hot on that topic, and now U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley is saying there could be credence to that thought.
The 10th Amendment reads thusly: “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.”
Those to the left of political center (like DailyKos) think this logic is off, that it’s more from people who were birthers (denying that Barack Obama was born in the U.S., therefore unable to be president) becoming “Tenthers.”
What is your take on whether the 10th Amendment means health care reform would be unconstitutional? Democrats steamrolling the reform measures obviously have no such qualms.
Tenthers? Seriously, ban the use of the Iowa National Guard in conflicts, eliminate Social Security, eliminate taxes….do these fall under this 10th Amendment?
I’ve tried to listen to Randy recently. Can’t do it. There’s really only two daily hours of programming on KSCJ that’s interesting…the rest is bombastic opinionated hate-spewers foaming at the mouth. Randy’s a good person, and I’m stunned to see him reaching out and formenting a rabid, insecure, irrational audience base. Boring. Is there any real news in Sioux City? Any real issues? Seriously, KSCJ has enough Obama-Bashing/Neoconservative/Opinionated volume to overflow the airwaves…I’d much rather see his show address local issues.
I don’t read “General Motors” in the Constitution either, but that didn’t stop our fearless president! Every corporate org chart was incomplete until Barack Obama came into power. Now that he’s in charge of everything, I fully expect our industries to become just as efficient as Venezuela’s, this hemisphere’s economic powerhouse.