Yesterday's Washington Examiner reported:
"Judge Henry Hudson of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia today denied the motion by the U.S. Department of Justice that Virginia's challenge of the constitutionality of Obamacare be dismissed."
This is the first of many challenges to Obamacare. Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli filed the case on the basis that the requirement that every American purchase a government-approved health insurance policy exceeds the government's authority under the Commerce clause of the Constitution.
The article concludes:
"Specifically, the Court wrote that '[n]o reported case from any federal appellate court has extended the Commerce Clause or Tax Clause to include the regulation of a person's decision not to purchase a product, notwithstanding its effect on interstate commerce.'"
"The Virginia AG added that "this lawsuit is not about health care, it's about our freedom and about standing up and calling on the federal government to follow the ultimate law of the land--the Constitution"
"For that reason, he said, "the government cannot draft an unwilling citizen into commerce just so it can regulate him under the Commerce Clause."
"A summary judgment hearing is scheduled for October 18."
This is a case that will impact the freedom of every American. It will also indicate whether or not we are still a country governed by our Constitution. It is a very important case. We need a new Congress that will REPEAL AND REPLACE this horrible law, but we also need to make sure an unconstitutional healthcare bill cannot be passed in the future.
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