Pawlenty Joins Health Bill Lawsuit
Politico reports:
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty on Thursday filed a legal brief seeking to join a multistate lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's health care reform law.
Pawlenty's move, which comes just weeks before his second term ends, could be the opening shot of a bid for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination.
Appearing last weekend on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Pawlenty said repealing the new law would be a central part of a potential presidential platform.
"I think Obamacare is one of the worst pieces of legislation passed in the modern history of the country," he told CNN's Candy Crowley. "I'm doing everything I can in Minnesota to stop, delay or avoid implementation in my state, including signing an executive order, saying we're not going to participate unless required by law or approved by me."
In today's filing, Pawlenty and Rhode Island Republican Gov. Donald Carcieri are seeking permission to submit a friend-of-the-court brief in support of a suit originally filed by Florida and joined by 19 other states.The governors have an “obligation to their citizens to safeguard these protections against federal abuse of the spending power,” said the filing by Pawlenty and Carcieri, which was written by a lawyer from the Washington-based Competitive Enterprise Institute.
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