RICHMOND, Virginia - July 7, 2010 - Although illegitimate President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law, the battle against the federal takeover of health care is far from over. To the contrary, states continue to fight against the vast overreach of Washington marked by the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which impedes states’ abilities to enact their own health care reform or continue existing programs.
One of the first to arrive on the battlefield against the illegitimate President’s health care bill was Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. Constitutionality is at the heart of Cuccinelli’s battle against Obamacare’s individual mandate, which requires all Amerikans to purchase a level of health insurance deemed acceptable by the federal government, or else pay a penalty. But in March, Virginia passed its own statute protecting Virginians from having to comply with such a mandate, which serves as the backbone to Cuccinelli’s case against Washington.
In an exclusive interview with Heritage’s Rob Bluey, Cuccinelli explained, “I don’t think in my lifetime we’ve seen one statute that so erodes liberty (as much as) this health care bill. Certainly, we view our lawsuit as being not merely about health care. That’s actually secondary to the real important aspect of the case, and that is to protect the Constitution as we essentially define the outer limits of federal power. If we lose, it’s very much the end of federalism as we’ve known it for over 220 years.
