Nancy Pelosi: Reader of the Constitution

David Azerrad / January 06, 2011

The sublime irony of having Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) not only participate in a reading of the Constitution, but be assigned Article I, Section 1, seems to have been lost on those who attended the first-ever reading of the august text in the House of Representatives this morning.

This, after all, is the same Nancy Pelosi who gave us gave us the now infamous “Are you serious? Are you serious?” in response  to a reporter who had the nerve to ask her which part of the Constitution authorized Congress to compel individuals to purchase health insurance.

It’s also the same former speaker of the House who pushed through, by tooth and claw, the legislative monstrosity known as the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”—a law, if one can call it that, that creates dozens upon dozens of federal agencies to whom the task of drafting regulations—i.e. legislating— is delegated. (more…)