The Constitution wasn't meant to just be a "suggestion"

Congress continues to run roughshod over the Constitution. I have long argued that the health care reform being considered in Congress is unconstitutional simply because the United States Constitution does not authorize the federal government to regulate this area of our lives. All Congressional powers are clearly delineated in Article 1, Section 8, and regulating health care is not one of them. The Tenth Amendment further clarifies and enforces that "all powers not delegated to the United States by this Constitution, nor prohibited to it by the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."

The current bill being considered in the Senate further ignores Article 1, Section 7 of the Constitution which states that "all bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives." As we all likely know by now, the Senate bill is chock full of new taxes and fees - in other words, it is a bill originating in the Senate that raises revenue.

From the assumption of powers that do not exist, to procedural arrogance, Congress continues to completely ignore the Constitution to which they have all been sworn to uphold.