Today’s decision was one based not on procedural or technical matters but rather on the merits of the case, unlike the other lawsuits, so it’s all the more important. Virginia and the people won the lawsuit, Obama and the feds lost the lawsuit. It’s unconstitutional to force people to buy health care insurance.
Federal Judge Rules in Favor of Virginia Challenge to Health Care Law
Casting an unmistakable and perhaps permanent pockmark on the face of the Obama administration, a federal judge in Virginia ruled Monday that a major component of the new health care reform law is unconstitutional.
Judge Henry E. Hudson ruled Monday for the state’s claim that the requirement for people to purchase health care exceeds the power of Congress under the Constitution’s Commerce Clause.
Hudson’s eagerly awaited decision invalidates the requirement that all Americans purchase health insurance by 2014 or face a federal fine. Hudson’s decision is the first striking down part of the controversial legislation.
It will be go all the way to the Supreme Court.
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