LifeNews.com - Pro-Life Group, Members of Congress Back Virginia on Obamacare

by Steven Ertelt | Richmond, VA | LifeNews.com

The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), a pro-life legal group and nearly 50 members of Congress today filed an amicus brief urging a federal appeals court to declare the entire health care law including the individual mandate unconstitutional.

The members of Congress include House Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and the ACLJs amicus brief was filed in support of Virginias lawsuit challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA), which is now on appeal.

As the legal challenges to ObamaCare move forward, theres one central argument that were confident will win the day the mandate forcing individuals to purchase health care insurance is unconstitutional, said Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the ACLJ. In the Virginia case, the federal district court got it right forcing someone to buy health insurance is not economic activity and Congress does not have that authority under the Commerce Clause.  We believe the federal district court should have gone one step further in declaring entire health care law not just the individual mandate unconstitutional.  Thats what were asking the appeals court to do.. . .

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