Elections, and judges, matter

It appears that a federal judge from Michigan has, by rejecting a lawsuit opposing the "Obamacare" requirement to purchase health insurance, come to the semantically "interesting" conclusion that the legitimate power to regulate interstate commerce allows Congress to require people to participate in particular kinds of interstate commerce under penalty of fines.

Lessee....does that mean if there is a "rational basis" (the judge's actual words) for the government to require you to buy a new Chevrolet to prevent the UAW GM from going Chapter 7, that will fly too?  According to this Clinton appointee, the answer may be yes.

Reality here is that Judge Steeh needs to consider the immortal words of Thomas Jefferson: "To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."  Yup, that's about it, even though I have always carried an insurance policy and quite frankly am thinking that I'll get a Traverse when my Venture wears out.