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10A – Daily News – Saturday, March 27, 2010 Backers of health care mandate have court decision on their side WASHINGTON (MCT) — Defenders of the newly enacted national health care law and its rule that all Americans get health insurance have a powerful and recent Supreme Court precedent on their side, a 2005 ruling that upheld federal restrictions on marijuana in California. At issue in that case, like the coming challenge to the health care mandate, was the reach of the federal government's power. Conservative Justices Antonin Scalia and Anthony Kennedy joined a 6-3 ruling that said Con- gress could regulate marijuana that was neither bought or sold on the market but rather grown at home legally for sick patients. They said the Constitution gave Congress nearly unlimited power to regulate the marketplace as part of its authority "to regulate com- merce." Even "non-economic local activity" can face federal reg- ulation if it is "a necessary part of a more general regulation of inter- state commerce," Scalia wrote. This week, Obama administra- tion lawyers pointed to Scalia's opinion as supporting the constitu- tionality of broad federal regula- tion of health insurance. In the health care legislation Congress said that if individuals could freely opt out of having health insurance, it could undercut the newly regu- lated insurance market. Freeload- ers could wait until they were hurt in an accident or contracted a dis- ease and then demand insurance coverage despite their "pre-exist- ing condition." The court's ruling in the case, Gonzales v. Raich, "is an enormous problem" for those who contend the mandate is unconstitutional, said Simon Lazarus, a lawyer for the National Senior Citizens Law Center. ADOPT A PET TODAY TEHAMA COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER 1830 Walnut Street • P.O. Box 38 • Red Bluff, CA 96080 • (530) 527-3439 CORNING ANIMAL SHELTER 4312 Rawson Rd. • Corning, CA 96021• (530) 824-7054 SPONSOR A PET TODAY! Call Sue @ 527-2151 ext. 122 Tyson Rocky Tehama County Department of Animal Services, Red Bluff This pet sponsored by COLDWELL BANKER C&C PROPERTIES 741 Main St., Red Bluff 527-2187 Jay Tehama County Department of Animal Services, Red Bluff This pet sponsored by VICKI KERSTIENS- MAHONEY Wendell Tehama County Department of Animal Services, Red Bluff This pet sponsored by NU-WAY MARKET 8049 Hwy 99E Los Molinos 384-1563 Brewer Tehama County Department of Animal Services, Red Bluff This pet sponsored by SUNSHINE CLEANERS 238 S. Main St., Red Bluff 527-0363 Lady Shepherd [Mix] Medium Female Corning Animal Shelter This pet sponsored by JC OLANDER ATTORNEY AT LAW Terrier [Mix] Small Male Pekingese [Mix] Small Male German Shepherd Dog [Mix] Medium Male Border Collie Medium Male Tehama County Department of Animal Services, Red Bluff This pet sponsored by CONNIE & GLENN GRAHAM Pattie Labrador Retriever, Pointer [Mix] Medium Female Tehama County Department of Animal Services, Red Bluff This pet sponsored by REYNOLDS RANCH & FARM SUPPLY 501 Madison St. Red Bluff 527-1622 Dennis Tehama County Department of Animal Services, Red Bluff This pet sponsored by MARVIN & JANET FARRIS Noni Tehama County Department of Animal Services, Red Bluff This pet sponsored by LINNET’S TIRE SHOP 2920 Hwy 99W Corning 824-5489 Linus Corning Animal Shelter This pet sponsored by RICHFIELD FEED & SUPPLY 5605 HWY 99W Corning, Ca, 824-4633 http://www.petfinder.com Corgi, Terrier [Mix] Small Male Staffordshire Bull Terrier [Mix] Medium Female Schnauzer [Mix] Small Male Large Male Boxer Tehama County Department of Animal Services, Red Bluff This pet sponsored by NELLIE LEE BARBER Colby Labrador Retriever, Newfoundland Dog [Mix] Large Male This pet sponsored by CABERNET APARTMENTS & DUPLEXES 15 Cabernet Ct. Red Bluff • 529-0879 Frosty Tehama County Department of Animal Services, Red Bluff This pet sponsored by 670 Antelope Blvd. 527-1000 RED BLUFF ROUND UP MUSEUM Medium Female Corning Animal Shelter This pet sponsored by THE AQUARIUM & PETS 345 So. Main St. Red Bluff 527-4588 Kelly Australian Kelpie Medium Female Corning Animal Shelter VETERINARY CLINIC 2023 Solano St., Corning 824-2966 This pet sponsored by CORNING Hildie Akita [Mix] Husky, Shetland Sheepdog Sheltie [Mix] Medium Female Siamese, Snowshoe [Mix] Medium Female Pet Mama Kitty