USCA endorses decision of Judge Vinson holding health care reform law unconstitutional

The U.S. Citizens Association (USCA) has endorsed the January 31 decision of U.S. District Court Judge Roger Vinson (Florida v. Department of Health and Human Services) holding the President's health care reform law unconstitutional because it exceeded the limits of the commerce clause.

In a related action, U.S.C.A. has filed a motion for summary judgment, asking a federal court in Ohio to declare the health care reform law unconstitutional also on the basis that it exceeds the limits of the commerce clause. Formal pleading in that case ends on February 14, and a decision is expected soon thereafter from U.S. District Judge David D. Dowd. In an earlier ruling, Judge Dowd denied the Justice Department's attempt to dismiss the case, ruling that U.S.C.A.'s arguments on the commerce clause were ripe and actionable by the court.

Earlier this year U.S. District Court Judge Henry Hudson in the Eastern District of Virginia ruled the health care reform law unconstitutional. The Hudson, Vinson, and Dowd decisions will each be appealed to three judge panels of the United States Courts of Appeal and from there will be appealed again to the United States Supreme Court.