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A first step in health-care suit
Loading ...A year ago, thousands of Americans were so enraged by the pending health-care overhaul bill that they transformed packed their Congress members’ summer town hall meetings , transforming the annual political rituals into emotional screaming matches.
On Tuesday, as 20 states seeking to nullify the law squared off against the Obama administration in a federal courthouse in Pensacola, the popular outpouring was largely limited to a single man brandishing who braved the withering heat to brandisha protest sign. reading “Healthcare Makes Us Sick.”
Yet the paltry showing comes as polls indicate that the public remains profoundly ambivalent about the president’s signature legislative achievement. And there’s a chance that the soft-spoken lawyers may accomplish what the most vocal protesters at last year’s town halls could not: By the end of Tuesday’s hearing, Judge Roger Vinson of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida said he was likely to rule against the Obama administration’s motion to throw out the case. “on at least one count.”
If the judge, who said he will render his decision no later than Oct. 14, rules in the states’ favor, he will only be upholding their standing to argue the merits of their claim that the law violates the Constitution.
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