Fourth Annual Rosenkranz Debate: Constitutionality of Health Care Law 11-12-11

The Fourth Annual Rosenkranz Debate was held on November 12, 2011, during The Federalist Society's 2011 National Lawyers Convention. The debate, titled "RESOLVED: Congress Acted Within Its Authority in Enacting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act", featured Prof. Laurence H. Tribe of Harvard Law School and Hon. Paul D. Clement of Bancroft PLLC and former U.S. Solicitor General with Prof. Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz of the Georgetown Law Center as the moderator. Introduction by Mr. Eugene B. Meyer, President of the Federalist Society.

Fourth Annual Rosenkranz Debate and Luncheon
RESOLVED: Congress Acted Within Its Authority in Enacting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
12:30 p.m. -- 2:30 p.m.
Grand Ballroom

--Hon. Paul D. Clement, Partner, Bancroft PLLC and former U.S. Solicitor General
--Prof. Laurence H. Tribe, Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard Law School
--Moderator: Prof. Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Georgetown University Law Center
--Introduction: Mr. Eugene B. Meyer, President, The Federalist Society

Mayflower Hotel
Washington, DC

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[LiveFreeorDieGuy]

I love this debate. I found Paul Clement's argument more convincing but I also believe the government's case was convincing too. Such great intellectual debate. It certainly isn't an easy decision but I am glad these guys are making the arguments and not Occupy Wall Street or the Tea Party. God bless America and the smart rational people.

[ericfeinberg28]

The government didn't invent mortality; its a fact of life. Clement keeps saying that it can be rational to not buy healthcare at certain times of life, but the problem is that person won't be the one paying for it if his gamble goes bad and he gets a brain tumor; the taxpayers have to cover the cost, not him. Therefore, the government isn't compelling anyone to dive into the river, we just all find ourselves in it by nature. If you think God is acting unconstitutionally, talk to your priest.

[ericfeinberg28]

obama-tribe 2012

[chas766]

38:07 That is quite a large cockroach crawling up the curtain. I thought it was a small bug on my screen at first.

[muchachogenio]

Everyone does NOT need health care, but everyone does DIE. So why is everyone not forced to have insurance to cover basic body disposal costs? If corn farmers are struggling economically and the government has deemed corn to be a commodity of national interest, why not force citizens to buy a portion of corn to increase demand? Where is the limit? As Clement said, there is no uniqueness principle in the constitution based on a rational basis. Strike it down as an affront to individual liberty.

[amusingmyslf .]

I have one word for ObamaCare... "EXTORTION"

[lrvarga]

The Administrative Procedures Act, (1967 amendment) power grant to authority in agency discretion to commit authority to agency commitment in authority; effective fusion in overlap between the separate powers in branch, commitment to agency administration of unitary authority in process. Democracy bows to efficacy, the muse of corruption.

[coocookuhchoo]

Who knew we had constitutional scholars here on Youtube