Aristotle, the great Greek philosopher, is known for clearly enunciating the very basic idea that it is impossible for anything both to be and not be at the same time and in the same respect. He called this “the most certain of all principles … for if a man were mistaken on this point he would have contrary opinions at the same time.” Without the principle of non-contradiction, there can be no meaningful statement or thought about anything. And last week, on Capitol Hill, we were treated to an example of what happens when someone tries to bend this rule of logic.
Four federal district courts have now ruled on Obamacare’s constitutionality. Their decisions have been split in the sense that two have ruled the law’s requirement that all Americans purchase government-approved health insurance to be unconstitutional, and two have ruled that this is within constitutional limits. But all four courts have agreed that the Obama administration framed its reform efforts in bad faith.
