But on a conference call with reporters just now, a legal expert pronounced the ruling “very defective” in terms of reasoning and legal precedent, and confidently predicted it would be overturned on appeal or by the Supreme Court.
The ruling, by U.S. District Court judge Henry Hudson, made the claim that the individual mandate is unconstitutional, dismissing the Obama administration’s argument that the Commerce Clause in the Constitution gives Congress the authority to regulate commerce by imposing the mandate. Hudson wrote: Read the full story here.