Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

Here is a column about the constitutionality (vel non) of the recently enacted health-care law. If the federal government has the power to force individuals to purchase health insurance, then ours is no longer a limited government. Expect massive civil disobedience when the so-called mandate takes effect. Americans do not take kindly to totalitarianism. Progressives love civil disobedience when laws they dislike are disobeyed. They will condemn civil disobedience when the health-care mandate is disobeyed. Have you ever known a principled progressive? The very idea is laughable, for, to a progressive, the end justifies the means. If the rule of law stands in the way of egalitarianism, then the rule of law must be dispensed with. If a clear constitutional provision stands in the way of egalitarianism, then the constitutional provision must be ignored. If the Senate filibuster rule prevents passage of an egalitarian bill, then the filibuster rule must be revised. If the Electoral College benefits Republicans, then the Electoral College must be abolished. See the pattern?