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Since the eighteenth century it has been taken for granted by political thinkers that, in a true democracy governed by the rule of law, the government must be separate from the body that makes laws, which must in turn be separate from the judges who enforce the law.

Only if these three functions are kept completely independent each from the other can the state be sure that there are proper checks and balances on the powers of the government and on the activities of the legislature and that all three bodies are as free from corruption as any human institution can be.

Republicans have vowed to fight on in both the last bit of work to reconcile the House and Senate differences in the bill and more importantly with legal challenges and actions intended to question the constitutionality of the bill. Representatives from both the House and Senate have been getting onboard the idea of testing the bills legality; the latest among them is Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., who on Tuesday Dec 22, 2009 renewed the call to others who are doubtful, to check the constitutionality of the bill.

Sen. Jeff Sessions, R- Ala., has indicated that the Constitution may have been violated because the understanding of the constitution is that the government must play a limited role in the commerce and free trade of the nation. Forcing people to buy health care is anything but limited and may clearly be seen to most Americans as a step toward a complete takeover of their rights and free enterprise as it has been for over two centuries.

Frankly, when a highly respected Republican chooses to endorse a Democratic presidential candidate just a few days before a presidential election, one has to wonder, what went wrong? The question here is for the Republicans, because whether or not the Democrats thought Powell’s decision was forthcoming they now hold a major trump card they do not need to question.

All this changes with the introduction of the Supreme Court which gives the law lords their own court building and a new distinct identity and higher profile – a profile which should be raised further by the fact that there will be much better public access to their proceedings.

In fact, there was always separation between the government and the judges, a separation that was guaranteed by our constitutional conventions and by the prickly independence of the judges themselves, who have always resented anything that smacked of government interference.

Given the current U.S. economic crisis voters are mainly concerned with stretching their dollars and fixing the broken economy. Therefore, inflation, foreclosure, healthcare and tax reform takes precedence over funding a useless war in Iraq. In round three of the presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y (Wednesday, Oct. 15), Sen. McCain vehemently stated that he was not President Bush; however, his support of the war in Iraq makes him and President Bush the same to everyone except Gov. Palin.

Already heard loud and clear are the voices of the Democratic holy trinity of Obama, Reid and Pelosi referring to the Senate passage of the bill as history in the making. Getting out ahead of themselves again and failing to note that the terror of 9/11, hurricane Katrina and the recent attack on servicemen at Ft. Hood are also history. If the bill remains in check the costs passed on to America will also make history and the only holy thing about that will be the holes in the socks of those who can’t afford to pay for it.

This is a victory of the Democratic House and Senate that will indeed make history but it will be filed in our national annuls as a victory without honor.

It is well known that Abraham Lincoln was at times referred to as the prophet President, but perhaps we should include patriot John Adams in the list of founders with powers of divination. Could Adams have been looking into the future all the way up to the Christmas of 2009 when he said “In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress.”

The skullduggery, the back room deals and all of the elements that were engaged to ram this bill down the throats of an unwilling citizenry have drawn remarks from statesmen and ordinary citizens across the nation. Words like bribery, tyranny, foul and worse have popped up repeatedly in those reactions.

Now let one old preacher be forgiven for what might be construed as excessive iteration by using yet one more negative term to define the behavior of the House and Senate. I will borrow both the term and its use in its own context from a Bible verse I have quoted all too much of late. The word is “wicked.” The context in which it is found is as follows.

Author Verónica Carrillo Vico
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