Federal Judge in Florida Rules Obamacare
Unconstitutional
Monday, 31 Jan 2011
PENSACOLA, Fla. – A federal judge ruled Monday that the Obama
administration's health care overhaul is unconstitutional, siding with
26 states that sued to block it. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson
accepted without trial the states' argument that the new law violates
people's rights by forcing them to buy health insurance by 2014 or face
penalties.
Attorneys for the administration had argued that the states did not
have standing to challenge the law and that the case should be
dismissed.
The next stop is likely the U.S. Supreme Court. Two other federal
judges have upheld the insurance requirement, but a federal judge in
Virginia also ruled the insurance provision violates the Constitution.
In his ruling, Vinson went further than the Virginia judge and declared
the entire health care law unconstitutional.
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