Posted by Matt Hawes on 11/04/09 7:13 PM Last updated 11/04/09 7:33 PM [Newer: Operation Health Freedom - Judge Napolitano Transcript] [Older: Operation Health Freedom - Rand Paul]

As part of our Operation Health Freedom series, Judge Andrew Napolitano looks at health care and a justified use of Congress' interstate commerce regulation power. Americans should be free to buy insurance across state lines.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF4BFvw6rKY

To view a version without edited clips, click here.  And click here for a transcript.

Posted 11/04/09 10:52 PM zerostomia Bellmawr, NJ

Napolitano is the most boss dude ever. Wouldn't wanna piss off THIS wrecking ball of liberty in a dark alley. It should be him, Ron Paul, Harry Browne, and Michael Badnarik carved into Mt. Rushmore.

Posted 11/05/09 07:39 AM celticreeler Rolla, MO

Judge Napolitano is an absolute tonic for the patriots who have been sickened by a gavage (e.g. forced tube-feeding) of big government and its liberty-stifling activities. Thank you, Judge Napolitano! And God bless and keep Dr. Paul, the Champion of the Constitution!

Posted 11/05/09 09:31 AM zero entity Becker, MN

Good video. Thanks for the no-edits version.

Posted 11/05/09 11:39 AM groffcole Des Moines, IA

can anyone point me to where it explains that the interstate commerce clause means "to keep commerce regular between states"?

Posted 11/05/09 1:03 PM redshirt Philadelphia, PA

groffcole... maybe missing the point ... given the option to regulate such that interstate commerce is fair in health care (say in the spirit of the first lines of Article I section 8) Congress chooses not to, thus creating the problem. It could simply permit routine free market commerce in health care across state lines. And in one sense that is what regulate means... to make regular the rules of commerce for all products among the States. To regulate something amongst EQUAL parties such that it is handled differently than something else is logically inconsistent. Brief blurb here from Thomas Woods (http://hnn.us/roundup/comments/15928.html) ... and you should grab that book... excellent. Trying to understand the meaning of the Constitution, taken out of context of the original intent based on the accepted meaning of words at the time, is how we have gotten into the mess we are in today.