States sue to block mandatory insurance

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Brian Schwartz

The Denver Post reports:

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers said Monday that he was joining with attorneys general from at least 11 states who are mounting a legal challenge to the health care overhaul [sic] that Congress passed Sunday. …

One of the powers delegated to the federal government in the Constitution is the regulation of interstate commerce. However, Suthers said, this would be the first time Congress has tried to use the interstate commerce power to regulate citizens not engaging in a commercial activity.

See the full text of the State Attorney General’s Health Insurance Lawsuit at Scribd:

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  • bbunk

    I'm not a legal expert, so can someone explain how it is that a state can file a lawsuit seeking to protect individual citizens from an insurance “mandate”?

    How is it possible that they have any standing to represent their citizens in this manner?

  • bbunk

    I'm not a legal expert, so can someone explain how it is that a state can file a lawsuit seeking to protect individual citizens from an insurance “mandate”?

    How is it possible that they have any standing to represent their citizens in this manner?

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