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The National Constitution Center here in Philadelphia is holding a strange and intriguing event tomorrow—“a futuristic moot court testing the constitutionality of rationing health care,” featuring Ken Starr arguing against former Clinton DOJer Nina Pillard before a panel of judges and legal luminaries. The set-up is enough to earn the NCC all manner of kudos and accolades in my book for the inventiveness and sheer originality they’re applying to thorny legal and constitutional issues/challenges:

When a massive, global outbreak of a deadly form of “Simian” flu hits the United States in the summer of 2020, a shortfall of vaccine puts the country in a panic and presses Congress into passing a law that gives priority to individuals at risk without making any reference to citizenship. The Arizona state legislature interprets this silence as a grant to impose its own citizenship-based priority scheme, restricting access to vaccines for non-citizens. A group—consisting of non-citizen pregnant women, parents with young children, and resident aliens—brings a class action lawsuit challenging the law.

Kind of shines a new light on that Russian ape that was just sent to rehab, no?

Also, while we’re at it, the Ancient Rome & America exhibit is definitely worth your while as well.

View all comments (7) |

SoCon| 2.26.10 @ 2:23PM

You mean the constitutionality of 'Death Panels'.

Sarah was right.

Tim| 2.26.10 @ 3:04PM

George Taylor: A planet where apes evolved from men? There's got to be an answer.
Dr. Zaius: Don't look for it, Taylor. You may not like what you find.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063442/quotes

rhtouf | 3.9.10 @ 10:17PM

That is because it is not good to fight a strong conservative with a third party.

9874whytr | 3.9.10 @ 10:18PM

You are doing a good job!keep it on!
I have bookmark it!hope for your arctical more!

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