LifeNews - Pro-Life Legal Group Wants Appeals Court to Strike Obamacare

By Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com

A pro-life legal group handling one of the many lawsuits filed against Obamacare, which funds abortions and presents rationing concerns, is asking a federal appeals court to strike down the government-run program. The American Center for Law and Justice today filed papers with a federal appeals court to reinstate its lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare, saying its position is “grounded in the Constitution” along with Supreme Court precedent. In a reply brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the ACLJ contends the arguments put forth by the Obama Administration’s Department of Justice “lack support in the text, history, or related Supreme Court jurisprudence of the Commerce or Necessary and Proper Clauses” of the U.S. Constitution.

“We look forward to presenting our arguments before the appeals court in September and remain confident that our lawsuit challenging ObamaCare will be reinstated,” said Jay Sekulow, the pro-life legal group’s chief counsel. “The Constitution and Supreme Court precedent are clear: the health care law oversteps the authority of Congress. The individual mandate, requiring Americans to purchase health insurance, is at the heart of this law. It is constitutionally flawed and we believe ultimately will render the entire health care law unconstitutional.”

The ACLJ’s reply brief rejects the Justice Department’s position that the individual mandate is constitutionally permissible under the Commerce Clause. . . .

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