Today, U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson become the first judge to rule that the individual mandate in the new health care reform law is unconstitutional (PDF). Hudson concluded that the individual mandate exceeded Congressional power because the federal government doesn’t have the constitutional authority to compel an individual to purchase a commodity on the [...]
Individual Mandate Struck Down in Court, But Plank Not Necessary for Successful Health Reform |
| By: Jon Walker Monday December 13, 2010 11:23 am |



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