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I can feel the sixteen eyes of my eight loyal readers glaze over already. But stay with me, this is actually an important question:

Does the Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution) render the entire rest of the Constitution, including the Ninth and Tenth Amendments, null and void?

If not, as Coyote Blog asks, what economic behavior--if any--does not fall under the jurisdiction of the Commerce Clause?

The question is important, because there are Constitutional lawyers who believe that a large chunk of the Democrats' plans to revamp the American health care system--including and especially the Federal mandate that individuals purchase health insurance--is unconstitutional.

Or, is that even important any more?