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McCollum to file lawsuit against health care bill
Abcactionnews ^ | 3/21/10 | Chad Cookler

Posted on 03/21/2010 9:30:36 PM PDT by NoobRep

ORLANDO, FL -- Moments after Congress voted to approve President Obama's health care legislation, Florida's Attorney General announced he will file a lawsuit to declare the bill unconstitutional.

Bill McCollum will join Attorneys General from South Carolina, Nebraska, Texas, Utah, Pennsylvania, Washington, North Dakota and South Dakota to file a lawsuit against the federal government.

"The health care reform legislation passed by the U. S. House of Representatives this evening clearly violates the U.S. Constitution and infringes on each state's sovereignty," McCollum said in a statement distributed late Sunday night.

"If the President signs this bill into law, we will file a lawsuit to protect the rights and the interests of American citizens."

McCollum will hold a press conference at his Orlando office Monday morning to discuss his plans.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: 10thamendment; aglawsuits; america2point0; asocialistamerica; bhohealthcare; constitution; lawsuit; mandatedinsurance; mccollum; obamacare; obamunism; socializedmedicine; statesrights; unconstitutional; ussa
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To: rbosque
The SCOTUS may have the last laugh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, and if they do, I think they should render their decision is a courtroom filled with true patriots, with the President seated in a chair right up front, with the instructions he must sit and may not comment or mouth any disagreement, while the patriots all stand and cheer.

81 posted on 03/21/2010 10:32:33 PM PDT by The Citizen Soldier (It's not enough to know the right thing to do. We have to do the right thing.)
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To: NoobRep

Bruning listens to Nebraskans.


82 posted on 03/21/2010 10:32:44 PM PDT by DHSMostWanted (ByeBye Benedict Nelson in 2012.)
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To: ReneeLynn

Pennsylvania is one of the two states in our union whose attorneys give more money to the republicans than the democrats.

Care to guess the other?


83 posted on 03/21/2010 10:33:16 PM PDT by Loud Mime (Liberalism is a Socialist Disease)
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To: The Citizen Soldier; RoseofTexas

I will ditto your recommendation that you (Rose) read a little American History and fortify yourself. The battle goes not to the weak.


84 posted on 03/21/2010 10:33:16 PM PDT by Marie2 (Ask yourself: "What does the Left want me to do?" Then go do the opposite.)
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To: The Citizen Soldier

That’s right. We’re not of the caliber of character of those brave men, but we’re p!ssed, and some of us are ready to fight and die if that’s what it comes to. God and His commandments will not be mocked.


85 posted on 03/21/2010 10:34:46 PM PDT by Lexinom
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To: RoseofTexas
Great men once created this country. Great men will restore it.

We have not yet begun to fight.

86 posted on 03/21/2010 10:36:09 PM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: Frantzie

Virginia’s AG (Cuccinelli) is going to sue also. He says Virginia can fast track their suit. He called the process by a name but I don’t remember what that is.


87 posted on 03/21/2010 10:36:38 PM PDT by abigailsmybaby ( I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did. Yogi Berra)
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To: RoseofTexas

“Never, Never, Never, Never give up.” ~ Winston Churchill


And as Jesus said: “Luke 18:7-8

“And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him Day and Night?

Will HE keep putting them off? I tell you, He will see that they get justice, and quickly.

However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”


Isaiah 40:30-31 reads, “Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; BUT - those who Hope in the Lord Will Renew their Strength. They will Soar on wings like eagles; they will Run and Not grow Weary, they will Walk and Not be Faint.”


And also: “And there was a widow in that town who Kept Coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’ [4] “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care about men, [5] Yet Because this widow KEEPS Bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually wear me out with her coming!’

In other Words - PRESS In - KEEP the FAITH!


88 posted on 03/21/2010 10:40:22 PM PDT by Anita1 ("Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.")
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To: Steely Tom
"Pennsylvania? WTH? You’ve got to be kidding me. I mean this in a good way, of course."

Pennsylvania's AG, Tom Corbett, is a Republican. He's also running for Governor in November. Rendell is term limited, so there will be a new governor in PA, no matter what. The November 2009 elections were overshadowed by what happened in VA and NJ, but they were a strong showing for the GOP in PA. Statewide judicial races went Republican, as did many county and local races.

I was in Harrisburg a month or so back in support of draft legislation supporting health care liberty. I don't have the paperwork at hand, but a constitutional amendment has been proposed. PA has two problematic senators and a bunch of big-city voters who skew our elections. However, we also have a lot of solid patriots here in the Cradle of Liberty. I might add that many tea party patriots in DC these last months have come down from PA on buses . . . we rolled up our sleeves quite a while ago.

89 posted on 03/21/2010 10:47:43 PM PDT by Think free or die
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To: NoobRep
Damn dude. It’s a good thing the founding fathers didn’t carry your defeatist attitude.

It’s not over until the American people say it’s over. This is clearly unconstitutional.


Worth repeating with emphasis.
90 posted on 03/21/2010 10:48:25 PM PDT by CaptSkip
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Remember we walk by faith, not by sight! These ‘giants’ in the land are but grasshoppers. We will defeat them with Heavens aid.


91 posted on 03/21/2010 10:48:58 PM PDT by tflabo (Restore the Republic)
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To: abigailsmybaby

Ken Cuccinelli is one of my favorites. He has the fire in the belly like Chris Christie in NJ.

Thanks and hopefully he can fast track the case. We need to get it thrown out like McCain-Feingold got thrown out.

Ken Cuccinelli 2012 for POTUS.


92 posted on 03/21/2010 10:49:32 PM PDT by Frantzie (TV - sending Americans towards Islamic serfdom - Cancel TV service NOW)
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To: Loud Mime

Massachusetts? I dunno.


93 posted on 03/21/2010 10:51:41 PM PDT by ReneeLynn (Socialism is SO yesterday. Fascism, it*s the new black. Mmm Mmm Mmm.)
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To: Retired Greyhound

Let’s fight and attack these Rats from multiple fronts and a million ways from Tuesday they won’t know which way to turn. Fight them good Patriots....


94 posted on 03/21/2010 10:53:58 PM PDT by tflabo (Restore the Republic)
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To: Think free or die

Thanks TFOD.

I lived in PA for 9 years (Philly and suburbs of). I wonder if maybe this will wake up all the soccer moms? I kind of doubt it. Obama’s not Bill Clinton, though.

A few of them drove me nuts before they got married and became soccer moms. They drive me nuts still, but from a distance.


95 posted on 03/21/2010 10:55:30 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: jerry557

I understand your frustration and feel it too. But this is not over unless we roll over and let them win. This is very much the time to stand up against this usurper and his minions in Washington and really begin to fight. I think, in a perverse way, obama has done us a favor...he has united and excited the “silent majority” in a way I have never before seen. If we stay strong in conviction that this bill (and others obama has planned) is unconstitutional, we can beat him and the other socialists in this country. If we concede, we lose outright without even a real fight. I don’t intend to give them that satisfaction! (maybe it’s time for a to watch Mel Gibson’s The Patriot again :-))


96 posted on 03/21/2010 10:58:42 PM PDT by schoolmarm
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To: tflabo

Amen.


97 posted on 03/21/2010 11:02:05 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: NoobRep
Not California.


98 posted on 03/21/2010 11:02:19 PM PDT by americanophile (DeMint/Ryan '10)
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To: RoseofTexas

The War has just started.

This crap can be defunded by Congress by next year.
So get fired up.

Never trust a Democrat for anything.
Doing a Stupek has become a slogan to destroy the Dem this midterm.


99 posted on 03/21/2010 11:02:30 PM PDT by ncalburt (e)
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To: my small voice

Time to turn their smear campaign on Rush...

I propose a set of RAT cards, the way they had it for Saddam.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Most-wanted_Iraqi_playing_cards


100 posted on 03/21/2010 11:04:52 PM PDT by JudgemAll (control freaks, their world & their problem with my gun and my protecting my private party)
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