WH: Speed Up Health Care Case
Politico reports:
The Obama administration has asked the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to expedite consideration of the health care reform law — the second step in a process set in motion by U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson.
Vinson ruled in January that the entire health care law was unconstitutional. The administration waited until late February to file a motion for clarification – a delay that drew the ire of Vinson, who responded by staying his ruling but ordering the administration to file its appeal within seven days and to request expedited review from the 11th Circuit.
The administration filed the appeal Tuesday and later asked for the fast-tracked review.
“Expedition in this case is particularly warranted because of the district court’s unprecedented severability ruling, which presents issues that the federal government has not previously addressed in appellate briefs and covers numerous provisions of the Act already in effect,” the administration’s lawyers wrote.
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