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Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 June 2010 01:17 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 23 June 2010 01:17
From Pilotonline.com:
Cuccinelli lodged his complaint in March following passage of the federal health care law.
His case is partly built on the notion that the federal statute is at odds with a new state law exempting Virginians from a health care plan provision requiring the uninsured to obtain coverage or face penalties.
In Tuesday’s brief, federal government lawyers classify the Virginia law as “a naked attempt by a state to confer on its citizens an unauthorized exemption from federal law.”
Cuccinelli argues that Congress overstepped its bounds by imposing an individual mandate.