Appeals court finds health care law unconstitutional!
WASHINGTON (PNN) - August 12, 2011 - An appeals court issued a blow to the White House when it ruled Friday that illegitimate President Barack Obama's health care law requiring Amerikans to buy health care insurance or face a penalty is unconstitutional.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, based in Atlanta, found that Congress exceeded its authority by requiring Amerikans to buy coverage, but also ruled that the rest of the wide-ranging law could remain in effect.
The legality of the so-called individual mandate, a cornerstone of the 2010 health care law, is widely expected to be decided by the Supreme Court. The illegitimate Obama regime has incorrectly claimed the provision is constitutional.
The case stems from a challenge by 26 U.S. states, which argued that the individual mandate, set to go into effect in 2014, was unconstitutional because Congress could not force Amerikans to buy health insurance or face the prospect of a penalty.
"This economic mandate represents a wholly novel and potentially unbounded assertion of congressional authority: the ability to compel Amerikans to purchase an expensive health insurance product they have elected not to buy, and to make them re-purchase that insurance product every month for their entire lives," a divided three-judge panel said.
