Living Constitution blog 6: The 10th Amendment

1) Source: News Article
 Title: Virginia First State to Pass Health Care Freedom Act: 38 States Lining Up Against ObamaCare, March 4, 2010
     http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/virginia-first-state-to-pass-health-care-freedom-act-38-states-lining-up-against-obamacare-86418607.html

2) Constitutional Connection:
    Amendment 10,  Powers of the States and People under Constitution, "Anything not expressly granted to the Federal government is reserved for the States or the People."

3) Explanation:

        In this article it talks about how Virginia passed a act that lets them have freedom in their health care. In the article it talked about how a lot of other states were trying to acts like this one two. The act permitted their citizens being forced to get health insurance or participate in any health care system against their will. The ideas for these articles were based on ideas of  ALEC's (American Legislative Exchange Council) Freedom of Choice in Health Care model. The measure the states are trying to make for health care, may also cause a clash with federalism if Congress passes a law with either of the provisions in the article.

        This article connects to the constitution because in the article talks about how Virginia passed a law. This connects to the constitution because in Amendment 10 talks about how anything not expressly granted to the Federal government is reserved for the States or the People. This amendment is also known as the States' Rights Amendment. Amendment 10 gives states and people the right to create laws. This is good because certain states might feel differently on a subject and might want to set different laws for their states from other states.

        I like the meaning behind the article. I like how the states are trying to do something about their health care. Health care is one of the big issues in our country. I feel everyone should be able to have health care even if they don't have insurance. I feel if your sick you should be able to go get help. And not be turned away if you don' t have proper insurance. When I get older I want to create an organization that gives healthcare service to everyone, no matter what their circumstances are.