The health care law's individual mandate forces nearly all individuals to buy health insurance or pay a penalty. The mandate cannot be severed from the rest of the law because it is the primary mechanism through which the law's changes are supported. Without the mandate, the law collapses.

The framers never intended an infinitely broad Commerce Clause that would let Congress dictate individuals' purchases.

Historically, Congress hasn't paid much attention to the confines the Constitution establishes.

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