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New States Join Courtroom Revolt Against ObamaCare (Five more: IN, ND, MS, NV and AZ)
Life Site News ^ | April 7, 2010 | Peter J. Smith

Posted on 04/07/2010 10:21:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Five more U.S. states have now joined the attorneys general of a dozen other states in a lawsuit aimed at toppling the federal government’s new health care law.

The states assert that portions of the health care legislation signed into law by President Obama on March 23 amounts to constitutional overreach that infringes on the right of states and individuals to manage their own affairs.

"We welcome the partnership of Indiana, North Dakota, Mississippi, Nevada and Arizona as we continue fighting to protect the constitutional rights of American citizens and the sovereignty of our states," said Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum in a statement.

“On behalf of the residents in Florida and the states joining our efforts, we are committed to aggressively pursuing this lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court if necessary to prevent this unprecedented expansion of federal powers, impact upon state sovereignty, and encroachment on our freedom,” McCollum continued.

The attorneys general of Alabama, Colorado, Louisiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Utah and Washington had already banded together with Florida to file a lawsuit against the federal government with the US District Court for the Northern District of Florida.

The lawsuit contends that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) infringes upon the constitutional rights of the residents of states by forcing all citizens and legal residents to carry qualified health insurance or pay a financial penalty.

The states contend that the insurance mandate exceeds the limited scope of the powers granted to the federal government under Article I of the US Constitution. Furthermore, they assert that the tax penalty for not carrying insurance violates the prohibition against the direct taxation of individuals outlined in Article I, sections 2 and 9 of the Constitution.

The suit also contends that the PPACA infringes on the sovereignty of the states guaranteed under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution by forcing the states to abide by new operating rules and mandating that they spend billions of dollars to support the new health care system, when they already face severe budget crises.

Virginia has also filed its own separate lawsuit against the federal government, reiterating many of the concerns of its fellow states. Virginia has already passed a state law that expressly forbids the government from mandating that citizens carry health insurance or pay a penalty.

The addition of the five new states brings the total number of states involved in the Florida-led lawsuit against the federal government over ObamaCare to nineteen, including Virginia.

A hearing for scheduling the Florida-led suit is set to take place April 14, 2010 at 9 a.m. central time at the Federal Courthouse in Pensacola, Florida.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Alabama; US: Arizona; US: Colorado; US: Florida; US: Indiana; US: Louisiana; US: Michigan; US: Mississippi; US: Nebraska; US: Nevada; US: North Dakota; US: Pennsylvania; US: South Carolina; US: South Dakota; US: Texas; US: Utah; US: Virginia; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: 10thamendment; abortion; arizona; bho44; bhofascism; bhohealthcare; bhotyranny; democrats; donttreadonme; indiana; mississippi; nevada; northdakota; obama; obamacare; socialisthealthcare; statesrights; tyranny; unconstitutional
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How many states will it take for the Democrats to figure out that most of the country is against them? What do they have up their sleeve that they can just blow this off?
1 posted on 04/07/2010 10:21:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

wish all states would join in.


2 posted on 04/07/2010 10:24:01 PM PDT by dalebert
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

bump


3 posted on 04/07/2010 10:25:09 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Liberty Valance

Nice! I wish all would join too.


4 posted on 04/07/2010 10:25:45 PM PDT by MissyMack66
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What do they have up their sleeve that they can just blow this off?


I think they simply posessed by evil and having their pensions and offshore accounts, they are not concerned.


5 posted on 04/07/2010 10:26:54 PM PDT by unkus
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To: dalebert

Too many dem AGs that refuse to stand up for state sovereignty.


6 posted on 04/07/2010 10:27:03 PM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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"What do they have up their sleeve that they can just blow this off?"

Well I can tell you here in Colorado SEIU and ACORN are ramping up big time. And the state dems are pushing through a bill to allow same day voter registration. The voters of Colorado said no to this on the ballot, but the dems are doing it anyway.
7 posted on 04/07/2010 10:27:35 PM PDT by JoSixChip (It's time to embrace the madness! The sooner we default the sooner we can reorganize.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Our Obama-loyal Arizona attorney general slithered out of the or a lawsuit. So our Republican governor jumped in and is pushing hard. Our Obama-loyal attorney general is also running for governor. It’s going to be fun reminding him of that until October.


8 posted on 04/07/2010 10:29:17 PM PDT by righttackle44 (Is Obama an Irish, Italian or Japanese name?)
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>>What do they have up their sleeve that they can just blow this off? <<

Because their reading is that the ENTIRETY of the USC is in the preamble: “to promote the general welfare.” The rest is blah blah blah blah.


9 posted on 04/07/2010 10:31:52 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Craven spirits wear their master's collars but real men would rather feed the battlefield's vultures)
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"... Too many dem AGs that refuse to stand up for state sovereignty."

Nevada's just did. We have a Republican senate and a Democrat assembly. Most of our state politicians wanted NV to join this suit.

As if you needed any more evidence that Reid's goose is cooked.

10 posted on 04/07/2010 10:39:34 PM PDT by The KG9 Kid
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To: freedumb2003

BINGO!! Nothing after the preamble exists for them.


11 posted on 04/07/2010 10:39:41 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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"What do they have up their sleeve that they can just blow this off?"

2012 presidential election is cancelled, and 2010 congressional elections are in deep do-do.

12 posted on 04/07/2010 10:40:07 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Regime Change- NOW!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Let’s see, that’s five added to the original thirteen, making 18.
18 / 50 = .36
So, 36% of the states are challenging this...
We need another twenty states to get the 3/4.


13 posted on 04/07/2010 10:43:27 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: JoSixChip

SEIU has been running commercials in Indianapolis thanking Democrats for passing “Healthcare Reform”.

Build the meme, build the meme, and use YOUR tax dollars to do it.

This is the price we pay for ignoring the warnings of the radical networks that have been building up for 20+ years..


14 posted on 04/07/2010 10:47:20 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Obama White House=Tammany Hall on the National Mall)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mississippi was a given, but it’s nice to see the others joining in. It would take a miracle of miracles for the state of Montana to join in.


15 posted on 04/07/2010 10:47:47 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper ("Ked Tennedy would have been plowed... I mean, proud today..." - Senator Max Baucus (Drunk-MT))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How many electoral votes do these 19 states have? Is Ohio planning to join in?


16 posted on 04/07/2010 11:00:55 PM PDT by HiJinx (Angels are found where you least expect them; let them comfort you.)
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Too many dem AGs that refuse to stand up for state sovereignty

We have a Dem AG in Arizona. The Governor and State Legislature bypassed him.

17 posted on 04/07/2010 11:02:00 PM PDT by HiJinx (Angels are found where you least expect them; let them comfort you.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Starting to sound like a call or a constitutional convention.


18 posted on 04/07/2010 11:10:06 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: gunsequalfreedom

We need no new constitution; we need to use the one we have had for over two hundred years. It will serve us well.


19 posted on 04/07/2010 11:14:55 PM PDT by Loud Mime (initialpoints.net - - The Constitution as the center of politics -- Download the graph)
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To: OneWingedShark

Did we have more states in between the original 13 and these 5?


20 posted on 04/07/2010 11:15:45 PM PDT by presently no screen name ( Repeal ZeroCare!)
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