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Cato Video • August 16, 2013 

# “How the Supreme Court Subverted the Constitution” with Robert Levy 

The Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act based on the idea that the individual mandate was indeed a “tax” instead of a “penalty” as it was described in the original legislation. Robert Levy, Chairman of the Cato Institute, discusses the historical conflict between the Commerce clause and the General Welfare clause as it relates to more recent decisions.

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##### [Robert A. Levy](/people/robert-levy)

Chairman Emeritus, Cato Institute

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