Obamacare: Untenable & Unconstitutional

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Obamacare: Untenable & Unconstitutional

December 13, 2010 3:28 P.M. By Eric Cantor

U.S. District Court Judge Henry Hudson from the Eastern District of Virginia is at the center of major national news today following his important ruling that the central tenet of Obamacare is unconstitutional.

Count me among those not the least bit surprised by the ruling.

Judge Hudson’s ruling exposes an unavoidable fact about Obamacare: The individual mandate — the very backbone of the law — violates the Constitution and the free-market principles this country was founded on.

After a broad cross-section of the American public rejected Obamacare, now the American legal system is rejecting its constitutional basis. President Obama should instruct Attorney General Eric Holder to request that the case be sent directly to the Supreme Court so that Americans — especially job creators — can be spared years of litigation at a time of great uncertainty.

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