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Friday, June 29, 2012

A substantial conservative win | commerce, mandate, court - Opinion - The Orange County Register

A substantial conservative win | commerce, mandate, court - Opinion - The Orange County Register


Conservatives won a substantial victory on Thursday. The physics of American politics – actions provoking reactions – continues to move the crucial debate, about the nature of the American regime, toward conservatism. Chief Justice John Roberts has served this cause.
The health care legislation's expansion of the federal government's purview has improved our civic health by rekindling interest in what this expansion threatens – the Framers' design for limited government. Conservatives distraught about the survival of the individual mandate are missing the considerable consolation prize they won when the Supreme Court rejected a constitutional rationale for the mandate – Congress' rationale – that was pregnant with rampant statism.

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