The End of States' Rights

Jonathan Turley asks, "Is mandate constitutional? Sub: If the individual health insurance mandate survives court challenges, states’ rights will have withered before our eyes.

With this legislation, Congress has effectively defined an uninsured 18-year-old man in Richmond as an interstate problem like a polluting factory. It is an assertion of federal power that is inherently at odds with the original vision of the Framers. If a citizen who fails to get health insurance is an interstate problem, it is difficult to see the limiting principle as Congress seeks to impose other requirements on citizens. The ultimate question may not be how Congress can prevail, but how much of states' rights would be left if it prevailed.

And, Turley is all for ObamaCare.  Just as he was in favor of criminal prosecution of Bush administration officials  for alleged war crimes, namely torture.