We Need Single Payer (Updated) 0
My reading of Virginia blogs tells me that this ruling from this judge was not a surprise. Right now, he’s the “one” in the phrasel “two-to-one against.”
Importantly, Judge Hudson did not take the next step and rule that the entire law must be declared void immediately, as the state of Virginia had insisted. The individual mandate does not kick in until 2014, but other provisions of the law are already being implemented. The adverse ruling doesn’t stop that.
Addendum:
TPM looks at legal flaws in the ruling:
Kerr and others note that Hudson’s argument against Congress’ power to require people to purchase health insurance rests on a tautology.
