States Now Take On ObamaCare

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March 27, 2010

 

 

Fellow

Patriots,

 

Before the ink dried on the health care boondoggle President Obama just

signed into

law, fourteen states sprang into action to defend their sovereignty by

filing suits in federal court against ObamaCare’s individual mandate.

 

Thirteen states – Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana,

Michigan, Nebraska,

Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Washington

– filed suit

jointly in

Pensacola, Florida, citing the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care

Actâ€

as an "unprecedented encroachment on the sovereignty of the states" and

basing their case on the 10th Amendment.

 

Virginia’s Attorney General, Ken Cuccinelli, filed

suit separately in

Richmond, Virginia.

 

Thanks

to the tremendous work of Virginia Campaign for Liberty Executive Donna Holt and the tireless lobbying efforts of VA C4L, the

“Healthcare Freedom Act†recently passed the Virginia General Assembly

and was signed into

law by Governor Bob

McDonnell. This law effectively declares the individual federal mandate

null

and void for citizens of Virginia.

 

The Healthcare Freedom Act has given Attorney General

Cuccinelli unique standing on which to base his lawsuit. The Virginia

law reads, “No resident of this Commonwealth…shall be required to

obtain or maintain a policy of individual insurance coverage….†As the

Cuccinelli suit states, “The collision between the state

and federal schemes also creates an immediate, actual controversy

involving antagonistic assertions of right.â€

 

It continues: “…thus far in our history, it has never been held that

the Commerce Clause, even when aided by the Necessary and Proper

Clause, can be used to require citizens to buy goods or services.â€

 

The federal government,

despite boasts to the contrary, knows the individual mandate rests on a

perversion of the Commerce Clause that it has been allowed to get away

with

for far too long.

 

In addition to action in the courts, states around the country are also

voicing

their opposition toward this unjust, unconstitutional usurpation of

power through legislation. Along with Virginia, Utah and Idaho have signed into law variations of

Healthcare Freedom Acts, and similar legislation has

been introduced in more than 25 other states!

 

It is invigorating to see states finally beginning

to reassert their sovereignty against the tyrannical powergrabs

emanating from Washington, D.C. The momentum will only continue to

build as additional

states join the fight, but for that to happen, we must remain diligent

in spreading the word and continuing to fight for free market health

care

reforms.

 

Campaign for Liberty members nationwide have been turning up the heat

on their local

politicians, demanding they act against the overreaching federal

government and its schemes to take away our liberties. Our members

continue to

collect petitions, testify before committees, and hold their elected

officials responsible for their actions.

 

Indeed, we were successful in pushing back against this latest

intrusion for far longer than anyone would have thought possible. What

was

supposed to be a done deal with the election of President Obama became

a knockdown, drag-out fight that will continue into the November

elections and

beyond.

 

Without the intense efforts of Campaign for Liberty members taking

action all across the

country, the final legislation could have even been much worse. Our

elected officials may now try to convince themselves that the outcry

will die

down and our Revolution will fade away, but we must ratchet up the

pressure even more and make sure they know we will not rest until we

take our

neighborhoods, our states, and our country back.

 

While ObamaCare’s passage was widely

heralded by the mainstream media as a defeat of our movement and a

victory for Obama, you and I both know that this is only the beginning.

There

comes a time in each generation when people must decide whether to

stand up and defend their natural rights or bow down before the seat of

power. Let

us steadfastly maintain our resolve to see this battle through to

victory!

 

 

In Liberty,

 

 

 

John Tate

 

President

 

 

P.S. Despite Obama and Pelosi’s recent victory, Campaign for Liberty is

not going to stop fighting for

health freedom and free market solutions. But C4L can only accomplish

as much as your continued support allows. If you are able, please make a contribution

to Campaign for Liberty today to help us push back the statists

and reclaim our

liberties.