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If ObamaCare Is a Tax, Did It Violate the Origination Clause?

By Ashton Ellis
Thursday, September 20 2012

This summer, five justices on the United States Supreme Court rewrote ObamaCare to say that its individual mandate to buy health insurance is a tax, not a penalty. But if that’s true, it raises another constitutional question that the Court did not address. Did the process of passing ObamaCare into law violate the Origination Clause? A lawsuit filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation argues yes. PLF’s argument is straightforward. In order for a new tax law to be valid, it must begin (originate) in the House of Representatives. So says the Origination…

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