Contents tagged with commerce clause
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Jay Sekulow | 1:31 PM Oct. 5, 2011
Another ObamaCare Case Headed to the Supreme Court
Last week I told you that the Obama Administration has decided to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take the case out of Florida (involving 26 states challenging ObamaCare) and review the decision of a federal appeals court striking the individual mandate of ObamaCare. Now, Virginia has filed its petition for writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court asking it to take its case and overturn the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that the Commonwealth lacked standing to sue against ObamaCare. ... Continue Reading
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Jay Sekulow | 10:18 AM Sep. 27, 2011
ObamaCare: One Step Closer to Supreme Court
There's been another step forward in having the United States Supreme Court hear the constitutional challenges to ObamaCare. As I told you last week, our legal team completed oral arguments in our federal lawsuit urging a federal appeals court in Washington to reinstate our lawsuit and declare the individual mandate, which forces Americans to purchase health insurance, unconstitutional. During the hearing, serious questions were raised about whether Congress overstepped its authority with Judge... Continue Reading
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Jay Sekulow | 1:12 PM Sep. 23, 2011
ACLJ to Appeals Court: Declare ObamaCare Unconstitutional
It's an argument we have made before. This time to a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. We argued that the individual mandate, which forces Americans to purchase health insurance, violates the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. We asked the appeals court to reinstate our lawsuit and declare the individual mandate unconstitutional. Our legal team did a superb job with this appeal. Senior Counsel Edward White presented oral arguments before the... Continue Reading
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Jay Sekulow | 10:36 AM Sep. 21, 2011
ObamaCare Arguments Set for Friday
As we prepare for oral arguments Friday before a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. in our appeal of our lawsuit challenging ObamaCare, it's important to note that a growing number of Americans reject the pro-abortion, government-run, and costly health care law. In a new poll released by Rasmussen, 56% of likely voters favor repeal of ObamaCare, while 52% say the health care law is bad for the country. A clear majority of voters have favored repeal of the law in every Rasmussen survey bu... Continue Reading
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Jay Sekulow | 2:48 PM Sep. 8, 2011
Disappointed but Not Deterred – ObamaCare will be Decided by Supreme Court
While today’s decision by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rejecting Virginia’s challenge to ObamaCare is disappointing, it does nothing to change the fact that the Supreme Court will ultimately decide the constitutionally of this health care law. As you know, the ACLJ filed an amicus brief representing 49 Members of Congress – including House Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor – and over 70,000 Americans from across the country. I am disappoi... Continue Reading
Filed in: ObamaCare | by ACLJ.org | 11:59 AM Sep. 8, 2011
Jordan Sekulow to Discuss Ending Unconstitutional ObamaCare at CPAC FL
Jordan Sekulow, Executive Director of the ACLJ, will participate in a panel discussing "Health Care Freedom & Constitutionalism: Reigning in the Rogue Federal Government" as part of the CPAC Florida conference later this month. Sekulow will be joined by Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos, and former Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum. Jordan will be discussing the ACLJ’s efforts to defeat ObamaCare's unconstitutional restriction on our li... Continue Reading
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Jay Sekulow | 12:41 PM Aug. 31, 2011
Americans Get It - ObamaCare Must Go
The American people understand. The pro-abortion, government-run, costly health care law put forth by President Obama must go. In a new poll, there's even stronger opposition to ObamaCare. According to Rasmussen, 57% of voters surveyed want to see the health care law repealed. And nearly half of those surveyed - 49% - think the quality of health care will get worse under ObamaCare. These numbers have pretty much been consistent since the law was passed about a year and a half ago. What is happe... Continue Reading
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Jay Sekulow | 2:44 PM Aug. 16, 2011
The Shadow of ObamaCare Stretches to the 2012 Elections
It's really no longer a question of "will" ObamaCare get to the U.S. Supreme Court. Friday's decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit makes it all but a certainty. In a discussion about the most recent appeals court decision by the 11th Circuit declaring the individual mandate unconstitutional, I told Pat Robertson today on The 700 Club that this legal road challenging ObamaCare will end at the Supreme Court. With the 11th Circuit decision, there is now a conflict in the C... Continue Reading
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Jay Sekulow | 3:20 PM Aug. 12, 2011
Legal Smackdown for ObamaCare
It is a critical step forward to undoing ObamaCare. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals today declared the individual mandate, the provision forcing Americans to purchase health insurance, unconstitutional. In a split decision, posted here, the court found that "the individual mandate contained in the Act exceeds Congress's enumerated commerce power." "What Congress cannot do under the Commerce Clause is mandate that individuals enter into contracts with private insurance companies for the purc... Continue Reading
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Jay Sekulow | 12:00 AM May. 16, 2011
ACLJ to DC Appeals Court: Reinstate Lawsuit & Declare ObamaCare Unconstitutional
We are back in court on our legal challenge of ObamaCare. Today, we filed a brief urging a federal appeals court to reinstate our federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of ObamaCare. As you may recall, our suit was dismissed by a federal district court in February. A brief filed today urges the appeals court to reverse the lower court decision and declare the individual mandate unconstitutional and a violation of the religious beliefs of several of the plaintiffs. As I have said f... Continue Reading