.. Ping!
Mods, should this go in Breaking?
**Politico - updated 9/28/11 4:23pm
Breaking News: Justice Department to ask Supreme Court to uphold individual mandate in health reform law
Justice Department to ask for Supreme Court review of health care law
Excerpt:
The Justice Department plans to file a petition later Wednesday asking the court to review its recent defeat in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in the case brought by 26 states and the National Federation of Independent Business, a department spokesperson said. The court ruled that the laws requirement that nearly all Americans buy insurance is unconstitutional.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0911/64649.html#ixzz1ZHVASOKO
I agree. To paraphrase: "This is a big effin deal."
I PRAY that the justices do the right thing and remove this albatros from around our necks!