Mark Levin prepares an immediate constitutional challenge against “deem and pass”

  As tiring as the healthcare reform debate has become, this issue is not going away any time soon, especially of the Democrats use “deem and pass” in order to pass the bill without ever voting on it.

  As Democrats debate whether to use this insidious process to undermine the very fabric on which America was founded Mark Levin is preparing a constitutional challenge to be ready immediately upon the bill’s passage. Here is what Mark Levin– who besides being a conservative radio host was chief of staff in Ronald Reagan’s Justice Department– said on his radio program about his challenge to the “deem and pass” proposal the Democrats are now considering:

I cannot predict if we would win or lose–this is not as simple as some would have you believe–but I want to put the marker down right now and make it clear to members of the House of Representatives who think the quickest way to pass this is to adopt a rule that assumes that they voted on an underlying bill when they didn’t–that is going to be challenged if they do it.

  He continued:

What I’m trying to do, though, is make it very clear to those Democrats who are on the fence, and who think that this somehow is going to protect them, that it won’t because we’re going to expose you

  Nancy Pelosi is now on record as being in favor of using “deem and pass” because “people don’t have to vote on the Senate bill.” The Senate bill is widely unpopular with the American people and it is becoming more unpopular everyday. She is of the opinion that the House can pass this bill without voting on it and that this manuever will provide Democrats cover by allowing them to pass the unpopular bill while still being able to claim that they didn’t vote for it. If Mark Levin has his way no cover will be provided to these Democrats, he will expose all of them for what they did and what their role was in passing this bill.

  It is good to know that someone is preparing a constitutional challenge to this proposal, even if the challenge fails the process alone will expose everyone that was in favor of it for who they are. The American people will know exactly what depths the Democrats have sunk to in order to pass legislation that the American people are so vehemently against.

  Democrats are hoping to pass this legislation quickly because they feel that once it goes into effect the people will come around to the issue and will forget about the means in which it was passed. They believe that the American people will forgive them for the manner in which is passed because they believe the American people will eventually realize that this bill is good and the end justifies the means. They hope that it will not be an issue in the upcoming mid-term election.

  But this issue is a long way from being settled, even if the bill is passed. There will be constitutional challenges to healthcare mandates, as well as the “deem and pass” manner that the Democrats plan to use to pass this bill. This will be an issue in the upcoming elections, Mark Levin, and the other challengers to the constitutionality of the bill, will make sure that it is. And it should be. This may be an issue for many months to come, and possibly even years.