Uh...yeah, it's a serious question. A very appropriate one, too, given that Pelosi, Obama, and the other Democrats are trying to use the power of the government to force Americans to buy the health care they want citizens to have.
Hot Air offers this analysis:
Pelosi avoided answering the question, probably because she doesn’t have an answer. Her spokesman said that it was “not a serious question,” but if so, one would presume that Pelosi or her office could provide an easily-corroborated answer. After all, the Constitution is where Congress derives all of its authority. It’s not exactly a lengthy document. How difficult is it to cite the clause that enables Congress to impose a mandate on its citizens to spend money on anything but a tax?
Well, as it turns out, pretty darned difficult. The interstate commerce clause doesn’t apply because Congress doesn’t allow for interstate commerce in health insurance. The “general welfare” clause has never applied to individual mandates, which is why neither Leahy or Pelosi will invoke it publicly. If they trot that out in front of the Supreme Court, they’ll essentially be arguing that the federal government has the authority to impose any kind of mandates at any time on anyone in the country, which makes the limitations of power in the Constitution meaningless — and by extension, makes the Supreme Court meaningless as well. Good luck getting them to buy into that policy.
We've already talked about the general welfare and interstate commerce clauses, and they don't hold up as a justification for taking over private industries. Hot Air is right - this is a question these Democrats simply cannot answer.
Sadly, I think we're living in a time where much of what the federal government does on a daily basis is nowhere to be found in the Constitution.
There's my two cents.
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