Supreme Court Looks at Obamacare

                    The long awaited time has finally arrived.  This week all nine Justices of the United States Supreme Court are listening to the oral arguments for and against Obamacare.  The Court set aside six hours over a period of three days to listen to oral arguments.  It is a very rare occurrence for the Court to allow this length of time to hear a case; it is also rare for them to hear a case that has this much potential to affect all Americans. 

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi famously claimed that "we have to pass the bill so that you will know what is in it."  She obviously knew that it would not pass if its contents were known.  Polls have consistently shown that the more information given to the American people about Obamacare, the more we do not want it to remain law.  If we - the American people - were voting on the health care issue today, we would strike it down in serious defeat.  Conservatives have been against Obamacare from the very beginning - remember the town hall meetings of the summer of 2009 - claiming that Congress does not have the authority to force Americans to purchase health insurance.  The majority of Congress did not listen to the American people and passed the bill; President Barack Obama signed the bill into law.  The fight against Obamacare went to the Judicial Branch of the government and has been making its way through the lower courts.  Now it is being heard by the Supreme Court.

The Justices have to look at the case from every possible angle before making their judgment and even appointed an attorney to argue a third point that neither of the other sides were taking.   Mike Brownfield at The Heritage Foundation explained, "The central issue before the Court is whether Congress has the power under the Commerce Clause and the Necessary and Proper Clause to impose the individual mandate on the American people, forcing them to buy health insurance or pay a penalty.  If the Court holds that Congress was outside the bounds of its authority, it can strike down the individual mandate, leaving the justices to then decide whether all or part of Obamacare should fall along with it."

                    At the end of the second day of hearing by the Supreme Justices, liberals are proclaiming Obamacare to be a "train wreck for the Obama administration.  This law looks like it's going to be struck down.  All of the predictions including mine that the justices would not have a problem with this law were wrong" (Jeffrey Toobin/CNN).  Pete Williams/NBC said that Obamacare is "in trouble."

         Todd Gaziano, legal scholar at The Heritage Foundation, gave his recap of the second day of arguments in a video found here.  

         I believe that the health care law known as Obamacare must be declared unconstitutional in its entirety.  I believe that Obamacare is about more than obtaining affordable health care; I believe that it is an attempt to apply the final blow to destroy the United States Constitution.  Progressives and Communists have been working for the past fifty to one hundred years to change the Constitution in an effort to "fundamentally transform" the United States.  I believe that the 2000 page document was written long before Congress began debating its merits; I believe that this law was sitting somewhere in a desk drawer or file cabinet drawer awaiting a good time to bring it out in the open.

                    Believing as I do, I hope that the Supreme Court rules the whole law to be unconstitutional; however, I am asking our Heavenly Father - who is watching over this nation and all his children - to inspire the Justices to judge it according to the will of God.  I know that Heavenly Father sees the "big picture" and knows what is best for this nation and the world; I also know that my thoughts are not always in alignment with His thoughts.  Therefore, I am putting the matter in God's hands and asking Him to bless the United States and to inspire the Justices to make the right decision in order that Americans may retain our freedoms.  I invite all of you to join me in praying for the Justices of the United States Supreme Court, particularly for the next few months as they make their ruling on Obamacare.  Ask God to bless them that they might rule in favor of the Constitution and liberty and that the will of God may be done.  May God continue to bless America!