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Quotation from National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius by Supreme Court of the United States
“Such a definition of market participants is unprecedented, and were it to be a premise for the exercise of national power, it would have no principled limits.”
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, Joint dissent of Justices Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas and Alito (excerpt), Part I-B (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
The joint dissenters reject the argument that everyone is already a participant in the health-care market.
Citation: "Such a definition of market participants is unprecedented, and were it to be a premise for the exercise of national power, it would have no principled limits." — Supreme Court of the United States, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, Joint dissent of Justices Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas and Alito (excerpt), Part I-B (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id nfib-v-sebelius-q6)
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