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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:10 Written by rslcpol Friday, 26 March 2010 01:22
From The Dispatch:
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said Thursday he needs more time to evaluate a new federal health care law before deciding whether to challenge it in court.
Hood also said Gov. Haley Barbour is not authorized to file suit while the attorney general’s office completes its review.
Barbour’s office had no immediate response to Hood’s announcement.
More than a dozen other states are challenging the constitutionality of the health care overhaul, which President Barack Obama signed into law Tuesday.
Barbour, a Republican, had given Hood, a Democrat, until noon Thursday to say whether the attorney general’s office would file a lawsuit. Barbour said he would file one himself if Hood chooses not to act.
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