From Whitehouse.gov, released June 10, 2010.

EXECUTIVE ORDER: ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL PREVENTION, HEALTH PROMOTION, AND PUBLIC HEALTH COUNCIL

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 4001 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Establishment. There is established within the Department of Health and Human Services, the National Prevention, Health Promotion, and Public Health Council (Council).

Sec. 3. Purposes and Duties. The Council shall:

(c) contains a list of national priorities on health promotion and disease prevention to address lifestyle behavior modification (including smoking cessation, proper nutrition, appropriate exercise, mental health, behavioral health, substance-use disorder, and domestic violence screenings) and the prevention measures for the five leading disease killers in the United States;

Full Text: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-establishing-...

Since when did the Constitution provide the federal government (or any government) the authority to determine "proper nutrition" or "appropriate exercise"? What will "prevention measures" for the leading disease killers look like? It's a slippery slope, and we can thank the Congress that did not even read the damn bill for opening this pandora's box...

From: "AG Webteam"
To:
Received: 08 Apr, 10 4:25:15 PM

I want to thank you for taking the time to contact me concerning the
Health Insurance Reform Act. There are strong views both favoring and
opposing this landmark legislation. We have received many inquiries,
like yours, about the position of this office on the constitutionality
of the act and whether we would join a minority group of state attorneys
general who are challenging the statute.

We have taken a close look at the act and the constitutional issues
raised in the lawsuit by several attorneys general. Simply put, the
arguments are extremely weak. The health reform bill is clearly
constitutional. Here's why:

First, the argument is raised claiming that Congress does not have the
authority to create a mandate that everyone must have health insurance
because a person refusing to buy health insurance is not engaged in
interstate commerce. However, the United States Supreme Court long ago
ruled that Congress has the power to regulate a matter that is involved
in or affects interstate commerce. This principle of constitutional law
goes back to the classic 1942 case involving the Ohio wheat farmer who
claimed that federal grain marketing quotas could not be applied to him
because all the wheat he grew was used on his own farm. The Supreme
Court said "no" and concluded that his production affected interstate
commerce and could be regulated by Congress.

It is very difficult to deny that health care does not affect
interstate commerce. For example, when people do not have health
insurance and end up receiving expensive treatment in an emergency room,
then all the rest of us end up paying for it, to the tune of billions of