It invades liberty by compelling individuals to purchase insurance against their will and undermines federalism by coercing State governments to expand Medicaid. It dilutes the separation of powers by transferring vast legislative authority to the Executiveand on and on. The same is true of the Presidents order suspending immigration laws for up to 5 million illegal immigrants. It attempts to transmute legislative authority to determine who may lawfully enter our country into an unbounded Executive prerogative not to enforce the law. it end runs democratic accountability by ignoring the wishes of the peoples duly elected representatives. and it undermines the respect for civil society by sanctioning conduct contrary to our laws. Whether a law meets whatever legal test the Supreme Court has set forth does not end the inquiry for those of us who seek the Constitution as our guide.
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