HolyCoast: Florida Judge Voids Obamacare
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Monday, January 31, 2011

Florida Judge Voids Obamacare

This is big news - a Florida judge has ruled Obamacare unconstitutional and has voided the entire law (from The Blaze):
A federal judge in Florida has ruled that the president’s health care overhaul, “Obamacare,” is unconstitutional. The judge based his ruling on the unconstitutionality of the law’s individual mandate. The ruling affects the 26 states who had joined together to file a case against the law, but also has implications for the entire country.

Last month, a federal judge in Virginia also ruled that the individual insurance mandate of the Obamacare was unconstitutional.

The ruling is just one more example of why the law is unpopular, and why it faces in uphill battle before being fully implemented in 2014. Still, despite the ruling in Virginia, the president doubled-down on his support of the bill last week, defiantly brushing aside those who question the overhaul.
According to Judge Vinson:
"Because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire Act must be declared void"
The lack of severability clause finally comes back to bite the Dems.

UPDATE:  Here's the actual ruling.

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