““Some courts held that Congress had no constitutional authority to force individuals to enter into relationships. Others held that Congress had power to levy the fine for individuals who didn't fulfill the mandate under its taxing power. Charles Friedman, a constitutional scholar from Harvard, maintains that the case was an easy call from the beginning. "Any reasonable person would concede that Congress has the authority to force people to pay taxes. If Congress wants to raise taxes through a fine on single people, there is no particular reason they can't do that." But””
