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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:15 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 1 July 2010 12:21
From Godanriver.com:
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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli today makes his case to keep his lawsuit against President Barack Obama’s federal health-care reform legislation alive and kicking.
Cuccinelli and a team of deputy attorneys general will argue before U.S. District Court Judge Henry E. Hudson against a motion by lawyers for the Obama administration to dismiss Virginia’s challenge to the legislation.
Virginia is arguing that a provision that would force nearly every American to obtain health insurance by 2014, or pay a penalty, violates the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution by compelling Americans to engage in commerce.
As a result, a recently passed law in Virginia stating that Virginians do not have to purchase insurance should prevail. Twenty other states have joined a similar lawsuit filed by Florida.
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