Mar 16 I Won't Comply Either

John Hood from the Carolina Journal Online throws down the gauntlet at those pushing to unconstitutionally pass ObamaCare:

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m not planning to recognize such a result as legally binding. I’m not going to pretend to obey any dictates from federal health-care bureaucrats that have never been authorized by a constitutional vote of both houses of Congress. I will not submit to any extra-constitutional order to dismantle the consumer-driven health plan I have set up for my employees.

I will not comply. If the government tries to make me comply, I’ll sue. And I’ll win.

This is not (yet) a banana republic where constitutions are seen as inconvenient impediments to the rule of the despot. This is not (yet) a European-style welfare state where some powerful parliament can exercise legislative, executive, and judicial power all in one stroke. This is a constitutional republic in which government power is divided, its exercise is strictly limited, and our rights are not some generous gift of those in power, to be withdrawn at their whim, but are instead a permanent check on their power.

If the House fails to hold a straightforward vote on the Senate bill that was passed a couple of months ago, that bill can neither become law nor be amended by future congressional action. It will have died. There will be no ObamaCare bill, no new taxes or regulations, and no unconstitutional mandate that Americans buy health plans approved by politicians.

The president and his allies may claim otherwise, but that won’t change the reality of the situation. If they command the rest of us to pretend they have passed the bill, I will not comply.

You shouldn’t, either.

I know I won't. A Free Republican noted, "Your precedent is United States vs Reynolds. The SCOTUS ruled that coercing a citizen to enter into a contract created a “wheel of servitude” which is banned under the 13th Amendment." Rep. Michele Bachmann said as much at the Kill The Bill Rally last Saturday, that people should personally declare it unconstitutional and defy it, depending on how it gets passed. Bachmann said, "If they pass the bill illegitimately then the bill is illegitimate, and we don't have to lay down for this."

Trust us Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and President Obama, we won't.

Cross-posted and comments welcome at FreedomDogs.