Is the Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare) Legal?We have to pass the bill so you can find out whats in it. Then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Did Duress OR Undue Influence Play a Role in ObamaCare Becoming Law? Reading the above in view of all thats going on nowand in the past three or four years that ObamaCare has been hanging over our headsone has to wonder if it truly is legal, based upon undue influence, the controversy, and the verbal pressures Madam Pelosi used to get it through the House of Representatives. Therefore, ObamaCare is voidable; it should be negated, rescinded, and defunded. Then, the U.S. Supreme Court had to get involved, which it should not have, this writer contends. The Affordable Care Acts requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably be characterized as a tax, Chief Justice Roberts wrote in the majority opinion. Because the Constitution permits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness. [3] It seems that Justice Kennedy realized that the court was overreachinga BIG no-no, that no one in law has pointed out. Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Why? Where are the Constitutional lawyers? But, heres the most telling part of the ObamaCare saga: How have peoples lives all over this country been made more secure since the following has happened in the aftermath of the passing of the most unfortunate Affordable Care Act? And this: The most shocking reality of ObamaCare is that those who probably want and need it the most, wont be able to purchase it: Is ObamaCare designed to bankrupt not only U.S. citizens, but the country itself? The Republican shutdown is warranted, in this writers opinion, until common fiscal sense prevails, if only on the very mathematics of ObamaCare! Now that we know the dirty nitty-gritty about ObamaCares past, present, and apparent future, why are voters so upset about the shutdown? We should be doing what we did about Syria when we realized what was going on there and the apparent dirty politics of national security. Take a closer look at ObamaCare, which was passed into law under most unusual circumstances, i.e., no one in Congress apparently knew what was in the law nor even read all two thousand pages; and then the U.S. Supreme Court went sticking its nose where it didnt belong, i.e., passing legislation. Come on, United States. Wake up and smell the coffee. Weve been had and this maybe our last chance to let the controllers know we mean business: We the People say what we want or do not want, not a tin-hat dictator, nor a court, nor corporations who have been pulling the strings in running the politics of the United States of America. Notes: [1] http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=559116 [2] http://www.e-lawresources.co.uk/Duress.php [3] http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/29/us/supreme-court-lets-health-law-largely-stand.html?pagewanted=all_r=0 [4] Ibid. [5] Ibid. [6] http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/10/03/Obamacare-Facebook-Erupts-With-Citizen-Sticker-Shock [7] Ibid. [8] Ibid. Catherine J Frompovich (website) is a retired natural nutritionist who earned advanced degrees in Nutrition and Holistic Health Sciences, Certification in Orthomolecular Theory and Practice plus Paralegal Studies. Her work has been published in national and airline magazines since the early 1980s. Catherine authored numerous books on health issues along with co-authoring papers and monographs with physicians, nurses, and holistic healthcare professionals. She has been a consumer healthcare researcher 35 years and counting. Catherines latest book, A Cancer Answer, Holistic BREAST Cancer Management, A Guide to Effective Non-Toxic Treatments, is available on Amazon.com and as a Kindle eBook. Two of Catherines more recent books on Amazon.com are Our Chemical Lives And The Hijacking Of Our DNA, A Probe Into Whats Probably Making Us Sick (2009) and Lord, How Can I Make It Through Grieving My Loss, An Inspirational Guide Through the Grieving Process(2008). 