inactivity. congress lacks the authority to pass these mandates for three reasons. >> noneconomic inactivity. not activity. >> and that is the first time to regulate inactivity. congress lacks the authority. first the commerce law. >> mr. staver, even in the first couple minutes here, you have said what i per seeved to be two different things. and i want to make sure we're hearing you. is it your contention that congress lacks the authority to enact a statute? which is one way you have put it. or is it your contention that congress lacks the authority to enact a mandate? >> our challenge is to the mandate. we say congress lacks the authority to pass that. >> so you do not question in anyway, shape, or form the authority of congress to address the challenge of health care delivery and cost facing the country? >> well, we don't concede that this act, even aside from the mandate, that congress laws. for example, the guaranteed issue or the community rating system. that is a pervasive regulation that

so i think even if one believes that there is some activity, inactivity distinction that is embodied in the commerce clause, it's hard to say that in this particular context where we are dealing with insurance as opposed to an actual purchasing decision, there isn't anything like inactivity. by reducing the whole premise that there is some activity, inactivity distinction really doesn't hold water as judge sutton intimate and as judge and his decision for the d.c. circuit basically said, it's inconsistent with the court case and its emphasis with the constitution from server the constitution doesn't say buy voip inactivity is not regulated. is not commerce and is not regulated. let's look at some examples. the bank of the message is one. congress created a whole range of economic activity when it created the bank. in more modern times agreed fannie mae and freddie mac. we may wonder about the policy implications of that but it commit all kinds of commerce that didn't exist before and no one would say that was wrong. if we go back to the new deal cases, the famous wiki? no, mr. phil b

activity and inactivity.ey didn't tell that farmer to boost wheat you buy more wheat, they put a limit. it comes to inactivity to activity from those on the conservative side looking at the law. >> a new poll, 26% of americans want the supreme court to uphold the heck law, 25% want to get rid of the individual mandate and 42% want the entire law thrown out. you're not only a resident conservative. you're an attorney. what's your take on this? what does the public want and will the public be satisfied if it's thrown out? things will change for them. things under way health care reform implemented. >> as most things in the political arena, the public wants its cake and eat it, too. they want to not buy health care but also want insurance companies can't deny you for pre-existing. they are intricately linked. if you tell insurance companies they can't deny people with pre-existing conditions it falls apart. they can't just accept sick peop people. >> every time he says insurance -- >> it's true. the public will

we talk about this activity, inactivity distinction. one of the judges made a very interesting point in one of the earlier opinions upholding the law. he says, there is no such thing as being outside the market for insurance. if you choose to get -- if you choose -- i don't want to buy health insurance, but if you're hit by a car or on the street, they're going to take you to the hospital. >> because it's federal law. >> you have to be treated. and somebody has to pay for that. we're all paying for it if you don't pay for it. >> so you can't be inactive. >> you cannot be incan active. that's the argument of the obama administration. that there is nothing inactive about not buying health insurance. l that is a choice you make. and in order to promote the general welfare, to take care of everybody in the insurance market, which is everybody, we have to force you, just like if you drive a car, you have to buy car insurance, this is the law of the land. >> for those opposed, the difference between those conditions that jeff just laid out li

but are not inactive. when supervisory bodies are inactive, the clerk begins to collect them and bring them back to us so we can officially end the use of those committees. sometimes, we have task forces that still continue on. is that the case? >> i'm going to ask your clerk to respond to that. she is the one that does the managing report. she provides a list to the clerk, the board, and myself regarding bodies that should be dissolved. >> it is the commission secretary responsibility to invite new legislation or work with the supervisor's office to get legislation introduced. >> so all of the committee's that have hit their dates to request an extension before they continue? >> that is correct. supervisor kim: i am very interested in our non-chartered commission bodies. i know we have many. there is a tremendous amount of staff time that goes into staffing these committees and it would be great to get a better handle on the task force we have currently. thank you. are there any other questions? seeing no

>> the words activity and inactivity are not in the constitution. the words commerce and non-commerce are, and, again, it's a distinction that comes, justice kagan, from the constitution. the framers consciously gave congress the ability to regulate commerce because that's not a particularly threatening activity that deprives you of individual freedom. if you were authorized to congress "a" to transfer property to "b," you have as the earlier cases put it a monstrous legislation which is injustice. everyone intuitively understands regulating people who voluntarily enter into contracts does not create the possibility of congress compelling wealth transfers among the citizenry, and that is precisely why the framers denied them the power to compel commerce and why they didn't give them plenary power. >> mr. verrili, you have four minutes remaining. >> thank you, mr. chief justice. >> congress confronted a grave problem when it enacted at fordable care act. 40 million americans who can't get health insurance and suffer some often very terrible consequen

isn't that taking inactivity and slapping a cost on it? >> you're actually making my argument. there are things in life that people access more than health care: food, water, clothing and shelter, and yet congress has not required all americans to go out and purchase those items, and congress does not have that authority. if you were to go back to when, moving the mandate is just not that simple, and the housing would solve homelessness. he obviously had to change his tune after he got elected and this law got passed, but it shows the impracticalability of this mandate. >> politicians can change their mind and their former position may or may not be constitutional. i want to get to the tax definition. that was a big issue about whether this case should be heard now. putting that aside, due and your husband wonder and they could rewrite this bill and call it a tax from the beginning with regard to the penalty for not being in the system? >> right. our argument all along has really not been. >> covering all the things we want to. whether there is an individual mandate is unconsti

it is hard to think of risk as inaction. your own plant in trying to establish 1/2 standings are talking about financial actions -- or an plaintiffs and tried to establish standings are talking about financial actions. putting money in their bank account for when they need it. i think there's something to this point, i just cannot figure out how it works with insurance. >> i think one of the main problems is there is no constitutionally significant limiting principle that can be applied for this broad power. the keep arguing, well, this is unique and different. well, because of its difference and uniqueness, to me, is very troubling. there is virtually no limit to congress's power. if we're talking about shifting cost, that is what they're arguing, the shifting of costs of health care, the best way to reduce the cost of health care is preventive methods. can congress -- there is no way to limit what they're asking. >> this gets to the broccoli argument critics exactly. broccoli, health care, wait, there is no limit to that.

your inactivity isn't guaranteed by you and therefore it isn't being regulated? >> that's it. whether you choose to be purchasing health insurance or you kmooz to not purchase it, you're making an economic decision that is rationally related to the entire economy. let's remember, this is one-sixth of the economy. this is a huge multistate economy. it's not something trivial like the court is saying guns near schools may not have a basis so to say that implicates commerce. this does. i think it's both the argument this is you making a choice by not making a choice. emergency room is not going to turn you away. everyone else is premiums get jacked up by $1,000. that loops back to your point which is why this is a conservative idea. it's an anti-free rider idea that got spun out into a broccoli bill. >> that part that we're just discussing it is what they are getting tomorrow. can i ask you to come back and explain hold up it went. >> i will only if you drink every time i say broccoli. >> i can't do it on the air but i'm keeping a tally for friday's cocktail moment. >> thanks. >>

you can't say it's matter of inactivity. how can you seek the regulate inactivity.ing health insurance drives up the cost. for people who do choose to have health insurance. it drives up the cost of doing business in america. >> shannon: opponents of the law argue compelling people to commerce is not the same as regulating commerce. >> that is an appropriate distinction to make. i disi gree as i with juan. this is not -- not only is there not a lot of precedent for this governmental intrusion with individuals it's incredibly and entirely unpress debited. thaunprecedented and that's why it's unique. it has never been the case congress tried to pass a law to compel people to command people to engage in economic activity. rather than try to restrain economic activity that individuals are already participating in. that is what -- that is precisely what makes it important and interesting case. >> charles, just quickly, we talk about the different precedents. how persuasive will it be for the conservative wing? how much that his own words pushed back to him many briefs an

that is why, after 30 years of inaction, we finally put in place new standards that will make sure our cars averaged nearly 55 miles per gallon by the middle of the next decade. nearly double today. we had to bring together auto companies, unions, and folks who do not ordinarily see eye to eye. but it was worth it. these cars are not some pie in the sky solutions. they are being built right now by american workers in factories right here in the usa. every year, our cars and trucks will be able to go further and use less fuel. pretty soon, you'll be able to fill every two weeks instead of every week. something that, over time, will save the fiscal family more than $8,000 at the pump. we will reduce our oil consumption by more than 12 billion barrels. that is a future worth investing in. so we have a choice. right now, some folks in washington would rather spend another $4 billion on subsidies to oil companies each year. you know what? we have been handing out these kinds of taxpayer giveaways for nearly a century. outside congress, does anyone really think that it is still a good idea?

people would say that those things didn't really work, and the question is why should this test, inactive versus active, work any better? >> the problem you identify is exactly the problem you would create if you bought the government's bogus limiting principles. you'd have to draw distinctions between the insurance industry and the car industry and all of that. return you to the commerce clause jurisprudence that bedeviled the court before the 1930s where they were drawing all these kinds of distinctions among industries, whereas our test is really very simple. are you buying a product, or is congress compelling you to buy the product? i can't think of a brighter line, and, again, if congress has the power to compel you to buy this product, then obviously they have got the power to compel you to buy any product because any purchase is going to benefit commerce, and this court is never going to second guess congress' policy judgments on how important it is this product versus that product. >> do you think drawing a line between commerce and everything else that is not commerce is drawing

to cut to go to college or the debt and have a good job a reliable health care live knowing that inaction or sickness wipe you out and work to keep these radical reactionary republicans out of government. coming up after the break today was the second day of arguments before the supreme court over the constitutionality of obamacare and things aren't looking too good so the right wing radicals this report willing to put politics ahead of the best interest of the nation and strip americans of what should be a fundamental right. we just put a picture of me when i was like nine years old like to tell the truth live. live. live i'm a contestant i'm going to get a sense that i love rap and hip hop music and. he was kind of the just today. i'm very proud of the all that i'll just see it's played. live live. live . you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so horribly sleep you think you understand it and then even something else you hear see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. for. a news group news health i

your inactivity isn't guaranteed by you and therefore it isn't regulated. is that the argument? >> that's it. that's exactly it. the argument is whether you choose to be purchasing health insurance or choose not to purchase it, you are making an economic decision that is rationally related to the entire economy, the entire health care economy. let's remember, this is one-sixth of the economy. this is a huge, multi-state economy. it is not something trivial like in some of the other commerce clause cases where you are looking at the court saying guns near schools may not have a basis to say that implicates interstate commerce. but this really does. i think it is both the argument that, you know, this is you making a choice by not making a choice. the emergency room is not going to turn you away. so then ebb everyone else's premiums get jacked up by $1,000. that loops back to your original point, that's why this is a conservative, market-based idea. it is anti-free rider idea that somehow got spun out in to a mandatory broccoli bill. >> dale ya, i know that that part of it that we

>> the words "inactivity" and "activity" are not in the constitution.the words "commerce" and "noncommerce" are. and again, it's a distinction that comes, justice kagan, directly from the text of the constitution. the framers consciously gave congress the ability to regulate commerce, because that's not a particularly threatening activity that deprives you of individual freedom. if you were required, if you were authorized to require a to transfer property to b, you have, as the early cases put it, a monster in legislation which is against all reason in justice, because everyone intuitively understands that regulating people who voluntarily enter into contracts in setting changing conditions does not create the possibility of congress compelling wealth transfers among the citizenry. and that is precisely why the framers denied them the power to compel commerce, and precisely why they didn't give them plenary power. >> thank you, mr. carvin. general verrilli, you have four minutes remaining. >> thank you, mr. chief justice. congress confronted a grave pr

i am excited to see than inaction -- them in action. >> i got the very last ticket. i was lucky to get it. >> ago count -- go hounds. >> no-hio state. >> basketball fans, it has been quite a season. tonight, it to be quite a game. >> they have to come out pretty strong. looking forward to it. good luck to the boys. >> they are setting up a big screen tvs on campus. a lot of the students will be right here watching the game. >> it is going to be a great night. we have courtside seats to the game. we will have a live report later in exports. you can also look at his pictures on wbaltv.com. >> michael phelps is looking for a new pad. the condo he bet -- bought in 2007 is now up for sale. the realtor is not giving an asking price. the home was assessed for $1.5 million two years ago. how will you be celebrating st. patrick's day this weekend? whatever your plans, download are new iphone app. we look forward to seeing you out and about. >> a baltimore catholic school is closing its doors for good. >> who is to blame for high gas prices? there is a lot of finger- pointing.

because inaction, especially in this case does have a cost. roads do not upgrade or maintain themselves. bridges do not repair they'll or rebuild them. >> -- repair themselves or rebuild themselves. >> the committees will vote today and tomorrow. maryland's 23.5 cents tax on tax hasn't been increased in 20 years. >>> gas prices jumped at cent in the area overnight. this morning the average for a gallon of regular in dc is 4:03. virginia's average is $3.73. the cheaper prices are farther from the city. >>> president barack obama will be at prince george's community college later today to talk about what is happening to bring down high gas prices. alternative energy is a big focus here. he will discuss what community colleges are doing to help train people for careers. >>> president barack obama and mrs. obama hosted a state dinner. it was the largest state dinner of the obama presidency so far. it was a mix of traditional british foods with an american twist, including a salad made with greens from the white house kitchen garden. and along with

. >> the opponents say well, you're regulating inactivity and that's never happened before. >> analysts say the high court's decision whether -- will set precedent regardless of how it rules. >> and in an indication of just how significance this case is, the high court has allocated six hours to hear oral argument. not since brown versus the board of education in the 1950's has the court set aside so much time to hear a case. live in washington, sally kidd, wbal tv 11 news. >>> there were religious freedom rallies across the country today to protest parts of the health care reform act involving contraception. nadia? >> the general consensus of those who came out to the rally today say tpts an issue of health care, it's an issue of religious freedom. >> freedom! freedom! freedom! freedom! >> concerned maryland residents and area leaders gathered in downtown baltimore to send a stern and vigorous message for the obama administration -- don't take away the country's religious freedom. >> this is not about birth control. it's about telling people of faith that the federal government has a b

inaction is not an acceptable option. end quote. i agree. the bill is the product of hard work across both and committee jurisdictional lines. i particularly want to thank my colleague, senator collins an s rockefeller, intelligence committee chairman, dianne feinstein forll cooperative work in getting us to this point the we are going to be privileged to hear from all three shortly. i also want to thank, senator carper, not here yet fo ldershi contributions to this effort. and i want to thank the witness whose are here, we have chosen -- the witnesses, deliberately -- because nay have hold differing points of view o legislation, we have crafted. and the challenges we face. and we look forward to their testimony. so, this act of 2012 does several important things to beef up our -- our defenses. and the wlegrnd of cyberspa cyberspace. it ensures the cybersystems that privately owned and operated ey here.ucture are secured. privately owned and operated -- cyberinfrastructure. can well be, probably, some way will be the target of an enemy attac

messages from the satellite programs for the last 30 years to the present to maintain it subservient inactioned by the insanity. from bush's nazi regime -- including barack obama. we will not be subservient anymore and the general strike will start on march 8, when the full moon will be our high noon. they don't belong in the church. they belong in families and families need to have more control of the school system. not the lord. -- not the board. [tone] >> good afternoon, board of supervisors. this is regarding several issues. number one is governor jerry brown. the former head of the fbi from los angeles to attorney general jerry brown asking him to investigate the indian roethke's -- indian reservation murders near palm springs involving cia drug and gun running. they were covered up. then gov. jerry brown has the new attorney general and we are asking her to do the same thing. number two, regarding jerry brown, he and his catholic masters have been covering up and protecting many pedophile priests throughout the state. hundreds of them. regarding the 4000 troops we have already lost in t

. >> they were behind on their account, so it was inactive. >> so both families were armed and fought back and shot one of their attackers? >> the frequency of the kills. it is a long flight. we had better get going. tavis: this stuff would really freaks you out if you are not well adjusted. >> it is true. someone i was talking to the other day said, "i am a single person at home. i cannot watch it if i do not have somebody there or i am not at somebody else's house." one of the things that i think it's helpful about that you do not think about is that it does raise awareness. there is an fbi profiler named jim clementi. he has also written some episodes. "did you ever have this particular case," i asked him, and he said he had had it several times. he says this actually helps, so -- newmont tavis: -- so -- tavis: as i was saying to you the other day, and was flying back to l.a., and there was the television on demand listing. i watched eight episodes of you between connecticut and los angeles. >> that is a lot of "criminal minds." tavis: and there was one that i was watching where th

. >> beyond accusations of silence and inaction, there is a second more serious allegation. that some parishes have actually profited from the drug war through donations from drug barons. behind me was paid for by the leader of a feared and brutal drug cartel. until very recently, there was a plaque on the wall dedicated to him. for many mexicans, this chapel is a disgrace and embarrassment and a symbol of the all too close relationship between some sectors of the church and the drug traffickers. for every priest who has accepted a donation will limit or otherwise from the cartels, there is someone like this nun you has been building peacemaking programs in the most dangerous parts of the country. >> many die of this. many can can become tempted to become accomplices to the crimes. they can be threatened by the drug cartels. that is a big challenge for the church. >> back at the basilica, the street sellers are doing a roaring trade ahead of the visit. unfortunately, most of the images on sale are of john paul the second's still head in great affection by mexican catholics.

the a littlest trend mocks the president's alleged inaction on the issue. it involves people just sitting down and looking bored. or lying around staring into space. basically, not doing much at all. local media quoted the president as saying the new form of protest does not merit attention. >>> that's going to wrap up our bulletin. i'm pack sh >>> now let's take a look at market figures.>>> now let's ta market figures. >>> now time for your world weather forecast. it was really warm in tokyo yesterday and felt like spring. but i lear it will be chilly today again. what's going on? >> good morning. yes, it was a quite warm day yesterday. the high rose to the mid teens. however, yes, it is going to feel more like winter today. the reason is this developing low pressure system that will bring cold air to our area. so temperatures will dip into the single digits. however, tole south of the front areas like kyushu temperatures will rise above average. precipitation wise, heavy rain is occurring in western japan up to 200 millimeters is possible in the next 24 h

that is can the united states congress essentially delay inactivity over activity. clearly there tr no limit what is congress can do. we know the american people have already spoken about the policy. they know it's going to cost them money. it's going to cost them jobs. but does the constitution mean what it says? i'm somewhat hopeful time will tell ultimately what the ruling is. what did you walk out feel sng. >> well, i ended up feeling sorry for both attorneys since they rarely got to answer a question. it was a very solemn occasion. there were some good arguments made with respect to coercion. in many respects the individual mandate. i'm hopeful in my reading at the constitution. i have the same opportunity as any other citizen o f the united states to read the constitution. the congress can absolutelinact. there must be limits to the power and scope of the federal governmen government. >> looking at what they call the severability, whether if the court found that the health care mandate could be severed out and still have the law itself intact. let's take a few

i think it is important to keep that in mind, and that long-term the inaction could be a lot more expensive, and maybe even short-term the impact can be pretty significant as well. >> we have a great deal of experience and was services in hiv. one of the initiatives we will take on its substance abuse and mental health. we are going to go back to those services to make sure, as this happens, because we will see a reduction in the future, it that we have a more integrated approach to our clients, so you also get hiv prevention activities as well. we're looking at that within the general fund application we have today. supervisor chu: given that, why don't we open up public comment. i would like to now open it up. i would like to thank everyone who came and sat patiently through the presentations. i am going to call the names fromm cards. if you a dirty spoken, please ignore that. every individual will have two minutes. sara avilas, alex asmara, lee jewel, charles suro, felicia houston. come on up. >> thank you. good afternoon, supervisors. i of the medical peer advocate at the black hills fo

the inaction and pattern of using a double standard to conduct business undermines what bill we could stipulate. we are fed up with city and county departments showing favoritism to a select group and it refusing to enforce laws as required. this select group issuing them towards family and friends. favoritism is select toward certain people. and must not come and it must stop now. it is now up to you to enforce city codes. it is time to bring things into compliance with the law. a perfect example was explain today about 550 jersey. you must reverse the reinstatement of the building permit that was first issue in march of 2001. you must enforce the building code that was discussed. there was no record of an extension for this permit. the law is perfectly clear. the permit expired. and to permit must be issued. i have faith that this commission will exercise the authority, and that you're not just teaching -- sleeping watchdog. thank you. >> necks speaker. -- next speaker. >> any additional public comment? >>> henry conilla. i would like to speak on issues of the violation of code enfo

inactivity. >> so your question relates to the function of congress and, you know, there's plenty of examples, historically, whether it was the creation of social security or medicare where it was done on a national level, and while it wasn't an enumer e enumerated power, it was one that is implied through the constitution. and that would be the basis on which the affordable care act would be upheld constitutionally. we'll certainly have the opportunity to have the supreme court in action on this. >> and finally, this twitter comment for you, and this rick goes by the tag communist dog by the way. representative spear, if the democrats win back the congress, will they let the bush tax cuts expire? >> i think the bush tax cuts are going to expire this year, and it will still be this congress. it will be a lame duck session of congress, but i do believe that these tax holidays that were put in place by president bush will in fact retire. but the question is whether we put into some protections for those making over 1,2 $200,000 year. >> jackie spear represents san mateo county out in c

i was able to stay inactive duty. that brings me back to not renew your period just before a 10 duke university, i am on narnia, blind. every step i was taking us to the young punk independent guy who wanted to do everything himself, did need help, didn't need assistance. so again, breaking down and i know my friends make fun of me. i don't think i can make it. man i was worse. i'm probably going to die on this mountain. avalanche is going to come. i'm too tired. but again, i came to that choice. i have to do it with other people's decisions in god's decisions. so i oscillate guy, a medic in the right steps quirks of course the answer was no, you're not your tenacious little small things like that i was able to start pushing forward. and again making change to finally something i'm not really that day come a beautiful sunny day out. it was awesome and i felt like i was on top of the mountain. but it is funny that it wasn't these little problems or i could say actually big problems that were the end of minister problem