By Michael Connelly a Constitutional Lawyer

[Paul]

WHAT CAN WE DO???????/
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> Michael Connelly (http://michaelconnelly.viviti.com/ ) is a > Constitutional Lawyer and has read the entire health care bill and has > some comments, not about the bill, but about the effects on our > Constitution. It's a broader picture than just health care reform.
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> All of you and those to whom you communicate had better sit up and > pay attention; once this sort of thing happens, it will be irreversible.
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> http://michaelconnelly.viviti.com/ Take a look and let me know > what you think.
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> The blog will concentrate of my concerns as a retired attorney > about the imminent and growing threats to our Constituton and our form of > government. We have reason to be very afraid of what is happening.
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> THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HEALTHCARE BILLS ?
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> Well, I have done it! I have read the entire text > of proposed House Bill 3200: The Affordable Health Care Choices Act of > 2009. I studied it with particular emphasis from my area of expertise, > constitutional law. I was frankly concerned that parts of the proposed law > that were being discussed might be unconstitutional. What I found was far > worse than what I had heard or expected.
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> To begin with, much of what has been said about the > law and its implications is in fact true, despite what the Democrats and > the media are saying. The law does provide for rationing of health care, > particularly where senior citizens and other classes of citizens are > involved, free health care for illegal immigrants, free abortion services, > and probably forced participation in abortions by members of the medical > profession.
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> The Bill will also eventually force private > insurance companies out of business and put everyone into a government run > system. All decisions about personal health care will ultimately be made > by federal bureaucrats and most of them will not be health care > professionals. Hospital admissions, payments to physicians, and > allocations of necessary medical devices will be strictly controlled.
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> However, as scary as all of that it, it just > scratches the surface. In fact, I have concluded that this legislation > really has no intention of providing affordable health care choices. > Instead it is a convenient cover for the most massive transfer of power to > the Executive Branch of government that has ever occurred, or even been > contemplated. If this law or a similar one is adopted, major portions of > the Constitution of the United States will effectively have been > destroyed.
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> The first thing to go will be the masterfully > crafted balance of power between the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial > branches of the U.S. Government. The Congress will be transferring to the > Obama Administration authority in a number of different areas over the > lives of the American people and the businesses they own. The irony is > that the Congress doesn't have any authority to legislate in most of those > areas to begin with. I defy anyone to read the text of the U.S. > Constitution and find any authority granted to the members of Congress to > regulate health care.
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> The paragraph below is really frightening
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> This legislation also provides for access by the > appointees of the Obama administration of all of your personal healthcare > information, your personal financial information, and the information of > your employer, physician, and hospital. All of this is a direct violation > of the specific provisions of the 4thAmendment to the Constitution > protecting against unreasonable searches and seizures. You can also forget > about the right to privacy. That will have been legislated into oblivion > regardless of what the 3rd and 4th Amendments may provide.
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> If you decide not to have healthcare insurance or > if you have private insurance that is not deemed "acceptable" to the > "Health Choices Administrator" appointed by Obama there will be a tax > imposed on you. It is called a "tax" instead of a fine because of the > intent to avoid application of the due process clause of the 5th > Amendment. However, that doesn't work because since there is nothing in > the law that allows you to contest or appeal the imposition of the tax, it > is definitely depriving someone of property without the "due process of > law.
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> So, there are three of those pesky amendments that > the far left hate so much out the original ten in the Bill of Rights that > are effectively nullified by this law. It doesn't stop there though. The > 9th Amendment that provides: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of > certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others > retained by the people;" The 10th Amendment states: "The powers not > delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it > to the States, are preserved to the States respectively, or to the > people." Under the provisions of this piece of Congressional handiwork > neither the people nor the states are going to have any rights or powers > at all in many areas that once were theirs to control.
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> I could write many more pages about this > legislation, but I think you get the idea. This is not about health care; > it is about seizing power and limiting rights. Article 6 of the > Constitution requires the members of both houses of Congress to "be bound > by oath or affirmation" to support the Constitution. If I was a member of > Congress I would not be able to vote for this legislation or anything like > it without feeling I was violating that sacred oath or affirmation. If I > voted for it anyway I would hope the American people would hold me > accountable.
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> For those who might doubt the nature of this threat > I suggest they consult the source. Here is a link to the > Constitution:http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_transcript.html
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> And another to the Bill of Rights: > http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html ;
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> There you can see exactly what we are about to have taken from > us.
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> Michael Connelly
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> Retired attorney,
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> Constitutional Law Instructor
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> Carrollton, Texas
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> Michael Connelly
> Author of "The Mortarmen" www.trafford.com/04-2710
> and "Riders in the Sky: The Ghosts and Legends of Philmont > Scout Ranch"
> I also teach law courses via the Internet through colleges and > universities worldwide. To find a college or university near you, go to > Education To Go's website at www.ed2go.com .