Supporters

Is mandate constitutional?
04/16/2010: The new health care law has states and citizens lining up — but not quite in the way President Obama or Congress had hoped. Across the country, lawsuits are being filed that could have sweeping implications, not just...

Was the Individual Mandate a “Republican Idea”?
03/29/2010: Many commentators have noted that the individual mandate is an idea that some Republican politicians and right-of-center thinkers used to support.  Over the weekend the Associated Press reported that many on the right...

Closing Arguments: The 'individual mandate' an intrusion on civil society.
03/28/2010: For the first time in American history, the federal government has decided that every man, woman, and child must do more than simply mind their own business. Upon the threat of fine, each American now must go out and...

Is health-care reform constitutional?
03/21/2010: With the House set to vote on health-care legislation, the congressional debate on the issue seems to be nearing its conclusion. But if the bill does become law, the battle over federal control of health care will...

Conservative Leaders Against the Unconstitutional Individual Mandate
12/22/2009: The Individual Mandate in "Obamacare" is Unconstitutional RE: The mandate under the Obama-Pelosi-Reid healthcare legislation requiring American citizens to purchase health insurance violates the U.S. Constitution....

Why the Personal Mandate to Buy Health Insurance Is Unprecedented and Unconstitutional
12/09/2009: Executive Summary A mandate requiring all individuals to purchase health insurance would be an unprecedented form of federal action. The government has never required people to buy any good or service as a condition...

Hazards of the Individual Health Care Mandate
10/01/2009: The latest fad in health care reform is the "individual mandate" — a law that requires individuals to purchase health insurance and threatens punishment for those who don't. Massachusetts, under the governorship of...