Texas A.G. Praises Virginia Ruling in Federal Health Care Laws Individual Mandate Violatation of U.S. Constitution

The federal courts ruling is consistent with the Constitution and consistent with the American people. There are limits to congressional power and Congress has overstepped its limits here. . . Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN Texas Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said the following after U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudsons ruling earlier today in Virginia that the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Acts individual mandate violates the United States Constitution: The federal courts ruling is consistent with the Constitution and consistent with the American people. There are limits to congressional power and Congress has overstepped its limits here by forcing Americans to purchase health insurance -- even against their will. The courts ruling is an important step toward limited government and reducing federal mandates. The judges decision bodes will for Texas position in its lawsuit challenging the constituionality of ObamaCare.

The federal health care takeovers requirement that all Americans against their will purchase government-approved health insurance is unprecedented and violates the Constitution. The Commonwealth of Virginias challenge as well as Texas challenge contends that Congress does not have the authority to force individuals to buy a service from a private insurance company as a condition of being a law-abiding American and unconstitutionally infringes upon Americans individual liberties. No public policy goal no matter how important or well-intentioned can be allowed to trample the protections and rights guaranteed by our Constitution."

Texas is part of a 20-state coalition against the federal health care law that includes:

1. Alabama
2. Alaska
3. Arizona
4. Colorado
5. Florida
6. Georgia
7. Idaho
8. Indiana
9. Louisiana
10. Michigan
11. Mississippi
12. Nebraska
13. Nevada
14. North Dakota
15. Pennsylvania
16. South Carolina
17. South Dakota
18. Utah and
19. Washington

The lawsuit is filed in the Federal District Court in the Northern District of Florida. The states are joined in this lawsuit by the National Federation of Independent Business and individual plaintiffs Mary Brown and Kaj Ahlburg. The lawsuit was filed immediately after President Barack Obama signed the bill into law. The legal action specifically challenges the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and names the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services Treasury and Labor as defendants because those federal agencies are charged with implementing the Acts constitutionally impermissible provisions.