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WELL, THE FINANCIAL TIMES PEOPLE ARE BRITS, SO THEY CAN?T BE EXPECTED TO UNDERSTAND THE AMERICAN CON?

By Glenn Reynolds

WELL, THE FINANCIAL TIMES PEOPLE ARE BRITS, SO THEY CAN’T BE EXPECTED TO UNDERSTAND THE AMERICAN CONSTITUTION, but as I noted yesterday, state-enacted gun mandates don’t have anything to do with a federal healthcare mandate because in America, states aren’t limited to enumerated powers, as Congress is, or at any rate is supposed to be. One would expect more American commentators to appreciate the difference, though.

UPDATE: Oh, my mistake: The Financial Times story doesn’t link the gun-mandate to ObamaCare. That’s all Taegan Goddard’s doing. Here’s a little remedial reading on enumerated powers.

ANOTHER UPDATE: I see Taegan has updated his post to note my earlier discussion.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on February 02, 2011 (boomark / email).