From WashingtonExaminer.com:

When the people of South Carolina are subjected to actions that violate their constitutional rights and our state’s sovereignty, it is my sworn duty as attorney general to protect them. For that reason, South Carolina has joined with 16 other states in a legal challenge to President Obama’s new health care law, with additional states expected to join in the coming days.

President Obama’s national health care law represents an unprecedented encroachment on the liberty of individuals by mandating that all citizens purchase health care insurance, whether they want to or not. And if they do not comply, they will be forced to pay a tax penalty to the IRS. This forced tax penalty constitutes an unlawful direct tax.

Some mistakenly compare mandating federal health insurance to automobile insurance. Driving is a choice and a privilege. If you choose to drive, a state is within its constitutional authority to require insurance to do so on its roads. A more accurate comparison would be requiring all citizens to have auto insurance, even if they don’t drive, and then penalizing them if they do not purchase it.

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