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12/3/12, "BRIEF AMICUS CURIAE OF CENTER FOR CONSTITUTIONAL JURISPRUDENCE IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO DISMISS FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT." v
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; KATHLEEN SEBELIUS, in her official capacity as United States Secretary of
Health and Human Services; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY; and TIMOTHY GEITHNER, in his official capacity as United States Secretary of the Treasury,
Defendants.
page 2, "These structural limits include the Origination Clause, which states, “All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.” U.S. Const. Art. I, § 7, cl. 1. While the Senate was designed for stability, with longer terms and limited turn-over at each election, the House was designed to answer directly to the people. Every member of the House must answer to the electorate every two years. Since revenue bills directly impact the economic livelihood of the electorate, the Founders insisted that they originate in the branch of Congress most directly answerable to the voters.
That is not what happened with the law at issue in this case, however.
The House of Representatives initially originated a tax measure imposing an “individual mandate” but that measure was ultimately rejected."...via Powerline
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