[BITList] Fwd: News Alert: Federal Judge Rules Health Care Law Violates Constitution

[David Harvey]

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From: NYTimes.com News Alert <nytdirect at nytimes.com>
Date: 1 February 2011 04:26
Subject: News Alert: Federal Judge Rules Health Care Law Violates
Constitution
To: bison at iinet.net.au


Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Mon, January 31, 2011 -- 3:25 PM ET
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Federal Judge Rules Health Care Law Violates Constitution

A federal judge in Pensacola, Fla., ruled that the entire
health care overhaul enacted last year was void because one
provision, requiring nearly all Americans to obtain health
insurance, was unconstitutional.

A previous decision in a Virginia case found that the mandate
provision was unconstitutional, but did not say that it
necessarily affected the whole law's validity. In two other
cases tried so far, the law passed muster.

As in the Virginia case, the judge in Pensacola stayed his
decision pending an appeal, which could take more than a year
to decide, so the law remains in effect for now.

Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com?emc=na


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