Majority of States Now Challenging Health Care Law

[Really Not All That Bright]

No idea. I can't find the column that Leaper alluded to, but I had assumed it only referred to the state suits.

[Bricker]

I'm guessing that it doesn't, because the states are not all suing individually, but are all parties to a single suit. Virginia and Michigan were suing separately.

The suits that were dismissed were, I think, all similar to one in Mississippi, where there were ten plaintiffs, all individuals who do not have health insurance and do not intend to purchase it in the future who said they were harmed now by the law. But since they weren't (yet) they had no standing.

[Really Not All That Bright]

The Thomas More Center's suit in Michigan was dismissed on substantive grounds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act#Federal_Court_rulings), as was the Liberty University one in Virginia (http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Judge-Moon-ruling-on-health-care-11-30-10.pdf).

[Bricker]

The Thomas More Center's suit in Michigan was dismissed on substantive grounds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act#Federal_Court_rulings), as was the Liberty University one in Virginia (http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Judge-Moon-ruling-on-health-care-11-30-10.pdf).

Those were the two I was crediting to the "upheld" side.

[Really Not All That Bright]

Are the 14 pro-HCR rulings you were talking about final orders, or were some just denials of summary judgment against?

[Bricker]

Are the 14 pro-HCR rulings you were talking about final orders, or were some just denials of summary judgment against?

I have no idea what or where that 14 figure came from.

[Fear Itself]

Federal appeals court upholds Obamacare, individual mandate (http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/29/federal-appeals-court-panel-upholds-obamacare-against-lawsuit/).
The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the individual mandate contained in the 2010 health care law on a 2-1 vote. The ruling claims Congress has the power to force individuals to buy health insurance under its authority to regulate interstate commerce — the main argument the Obama administration has been using to defend the law against the multiple lawsuits organizations, lawmakers and states have filed.

“We find that the minimum coverage provision is a valid exercise of legislative power by Congress under the Commerce Clause,” the court wrote.
And another one bites the dust.

[Bricker]

Federal appeals court upholds Obamacare, individual mandate (http://www.lifenews.com/2011/06/29/federal-appeals-court-panel-upholds-obamacare-against-lawsuit/).And another one bites the dust.

Yup.

Although:

A federal appeals court upheld the Obamacare health care law that pro-life groups opposed because of abortion funding and rationing concerns, though the lawsuit is not either of the two premier lawsuits filed by Florida, Virginia and other states.


I have a pretty good feeling that the Fourth Circuit will reach a different conclusion.

[Damuri Ajashi]

Yup.

Although:



I have a pretty good feeling that the Fourth Circuit will reach a different conclusion.

Do you have a link for your final statement?

[Really Not All That Bright]

Magical though the internet may be, it is my understanding that hyperlinking to Bricker's thoughts remains beyond our technology.