Two federal judges have already upheld the monstrosity that is Obamacare and one judge has ruled it unconstitutional to impose the individual mandate, but upheld the remainder of the law.
Florida federal district court Judge Roger Vinson brought the whole thing down, ruling that the individual mandate was unconstitutional and so intrinsic to the law that it could not be severed out. Judge Vinson hoisted President Obama on his own petard, noting that during his 2008 campaign, then candidate Obama said "if a mandate was a solution, we can try to solve homelessness by mandating that everyone buy a house." I'm told HUD is working on that provision now.
Judge Vinson noted that, in the administration's legal reasoning, the government could force everyone to eat broccoli. Unfortunately, I suspect it may be taken less as chiding and more as a good idea by this group of progressive/liberals.
The Nanny state may have just taken a step back, now let's see if the tide can shift in the other direction.
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