A new way to make Obamacare unconstitutional

Published December 27, 2011 5:00am ET



In Colorado’s State House of Representatives, Rep. David Balmer is preparing to open a new front next month in the battle to repeal Obamacare. Congress, Obama, and the Supreme Court will be bypassed and Obamacare will be repealed using the ultimate weapon available to the states — a state-initiated and ratified amendment to the United States Constitution that essentially declares, “Obamacare is repealed.”

The Colorado Republican’s proposed 28th Amendment reads: “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and any amendments thereto, are repealed.”

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