well, the supreme court of the united states, usin using centu' worth of jurisprudence, looked at the language of the patient protection and affordable care act, looked at the manner in which it was written and easy concluded -- no, this is not a tax; this is a penalty. and because it's a penalty and it's not a tax, we, the court, may proceed to consider the merits of the arguments brought up in this case, merits of this challenge brought as to congress's authority fell none to enact the individual mandate under the commerce clause. and so the court quickly dispense with that issue and reached the merits of the constitutional question before it. the court then went on to conclude that congress does in fact lack the power under the commerce clause, under article 1, section 8, clause 3, of the constitution to tell individual americans that they must buy a particular product -- health insurance. not just any type of health insurance, but thed kipped that congress told americans they have to buy in the affordable care act. well, the court fairly easy and in my opinion correctly, says that