Virginia anti-Obamacare suit goes forward
Good news for anyone who is opposed to the individual mandate requiring all Americans to purchase health insurance. Virginia’s lawsuit against the mandate has taken a step forward, as a judge gave it the okay to proceed today. From Fox News:
“U.S. District Court Judge Henry Hudson said he is allowing the suit against the U.S. government to proceed, saying no court has ever ruled on whether it’s constitutional to require Americans to purchase a product.
‘While this case raises a host of complex constitutional issues, all seem to distill to the single question of whether or not Congress has the power to regulate — and tax — a citizen’s decision not to participate in interstate commerce,’ Hudson wrote in a 32-page decision.”
I sure hope the lawsuit succeeds. If judges still care about the Constitution, it will. Although the Commerce Clause gives the federal government the power to regulate interstate commerce, it does not allow the government to force people to engage in commerce.