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The "Obamacare" Case - Newly Published Opinion Against Gets Little Press - Why?

8/13/2011

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Yesterday the Washington State Attorney General's office released information about the new August 12 court opinion that explains why "Obamacare" (the Affordable Care Act) is not constitutional.   But this doesn't seem to be getting local press.  Why no press?

The long court opinion explains how big government has gone way over the line.   The local illiberal progressive "camps" that want more control over our lives -- without regard for legality or principle -- may not want this "heralded."

If you can't get this kind of truth in the press, we'll bring it to you here.   WE respect the conservatives and preservatives who have become the anti-establishment counter-culture.   They're the new beacons of freedom.

From the Washington Attorney General's Office
July 12, 2011

  OLYMPIA – The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta today issued a 2-1 opinion, ruling the federal government may not force individuals to purchase government-approved health insurance in the private marketplace.

The ruling upholds in part a decision by Florida Judge Roger Vinson earlier this year declaring the provision of the federal Affordable Care Act, requiring all Americans to have or purchase a government-approved health insurance policy in the private market, unconstitutional.

In the 304-page decision, the majority differed with Vinson on the issue of whether the entire act should be nullified, ruling instead that the so-called “individual mandate” could be struck down without declaring the entire act unconstitutional.

“Today the Court 
affirmed what we’ve said from the beginning of this case: that Congress does not have the constitutional authority to force Americans to ‘purchase an expensive health insurance product they have elected not to buy, from the time they are born until the time they die,’” McKenna said. “The Court also agrees that the individual mandate can, and in fact must, be removed from the health care bill without canceling the parts of the law that will benefit the people of our state. Health care reform is vitally important to all of us and can be achieved without violating the Constitution – the document that guarantees our individual liberties and makes ours the freest, most prosperous country in world.”

See the complete Attorney General press release here.

The whole federal opinion can be found here.    The "conclusion" is Section J; it begins at Page 166.
1 Comment
modcon
8/13/2011 06:36:15 am

This is a big one for the 'we win' column.

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