As BlueCollar has argued on several occasions, Obamacare is unconstitutional.

Our Constitution requires that all ‘raising Revenue’ bills shall originate in the House.

Article 1, section 7 is very clear. But Obamacare was a Senate-originated bill.

When the Supreme Court ruled on the O’care individual mandate penalty, it decided the law could only be constitutional if the penalty were a ‘tax’…Congress has that power.

What wasn’t argued as an issue in that hearing, was how this ‘tax’ law was created. If it’s a Senate-created bill, it doesn’t pass the ‘shall originate in the House’ requirement.

Classifying Obamacare, then, as a ‘tax’, set the table to argue against its legality.

Those interested should read George Will’s article – he lays out a basic analysis of the issue, and the plain reason why Article 1, section 7 should be O’care’s downfall.

BlueCollar’s been arguing this for over a year. We’re pleased it will have its day in court.

But, will the Constitution prevail at Thursday’s DC Circuit Court of Appeals hearing?

Democrats said it wasn’t a tax when they argued for O’care’s passage, but their lawyers argued it was a tax at the Supreme Court, to justify the individual mandate’s legality.

It ‘wasn’t a tax’, before it ‘was a tax’…but now isn’t a tax?

One can only speculate how far Democrat logic can be stretched now.