An excerpt from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States:
From The Associated Press
On Obama's health care reforms:
Americans, it turns out, might yet be spared from the horrors of ObamaCare.
Not only are many Republican candidates running on vows to repeal the odious "reform," but a federal judge in Florida recently ruled that a major lawsuit challenging the health care law can proceed.
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Judge Roger Vinson's action is only preliminary: In refusing the Obama administration's request to dismiss the suit, Vinson said the plaintiffs -- attorneys general from 20 states -- had raised enough legitimate issues to continue the process.
Yet Vinson's 65-page ruling sounded sympathetic to the plaintiffs' arguments.
That's especially true with regard to ObamaCare's individual mandate -- the requirement that everyone must buy health insurance or pay a fine. ...
ObamaCare's "individual mandate applies across the board," Vinson writes. "People have no choice, and there is no way to avoid it. ... (People) either comply with it, or they are penalized. It is not based on an activity that they make the choice to undertake. Rather, it is based solely on citizenship and on being alive." ...
Opponents should be encouraged that at least one federal judge is concerned over the significant constitutional issues it raises.
-- The New York Post
