Judge Approves Lawsuit Against Obamacare
The Wall Street Journal reports:
This just in: According to a Reuters report, a federal judge in Pensacola, Fla., has ruled that 20 U.S. states can proceed with their lawsuit seeking to overturn President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare reform law.
Click here for all earlier LB coverage of the suit, which was filed the same day Obama signed the bill into law.
U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson had already indicated at a hearing last month that he would reject parts of a motion by the Justice Department to dismiss the lawsuit, led by Florida and 19 other states.
But in his formal ruling on Thursday, Vinson said the case would continue as scheduled. He had previously set a hearing for Dec. 16.
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