One of the risks of political arrogance and overreaching is that when you press far beyond the nation's support, you call into being an opposition that can be far stronger than the forces you were leading. And by doing so you can initiate a chain reaction with repercussions that reach far, far beyond the scope of the change in the first place. Obamacare seems to be such an act.
There are now 26 states suing the Obama administration in Florida, along with two individual plaintiffs and the National Federation of Independent Business. This means that a majority of state governments are fighting the federal government. If not unprecedented, it’s certainly a rarity. It’s also powerful testimony that most Americans — and their elected leaders in state government — feel the administration’s approach to health care is completely wrong-headed.
The fact that a majority of state governments are contesting the power of the federal government under the Constitution on this issue will certainly have an impact not just on Judge Vinson, but on the appellate court and ultimately the justices of the Supreme Court. The gravity of that fact cannot fail to influence the outcome of this case.
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