Life News - Federal Appeals Court Rules Obamacare Constitutional

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com

In another of the many split decisions at the federal appeals court level setting up a battle at the Supreme Court, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 in favor of ObamaCare’s individual mandate. . . .

The American Center for Law and Justice, a pro-life law firm that is representing opponents of the law in court against Obamacare, said it is disappointed a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. rejected its appeal and failed to reinstate its federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of ObamaCare and the individual mandate.

“We’re disappointed the appeals court rejected our request to reinstate our lawsuit challenging ObamaCare,” said Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel, American Center for Law and Justice.

He told LifeNews: “This decision reinforces the fact that the courts are split about this flawed health care law. As we determine our next course of action – whether to ask the full appeals court to hear the case – or directly ask the Supreme Court to take the case – we still remain confident that ObamaCare and the individual mandate, which forces Americans to purchase health insurance, is the wrong prescription for America and ultimately will be struck down as unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.” . . .

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