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Virginia Judge Strikes Down Key Part of Obama Health Care Law

In a stinging rebuke to the Obama administration, a federal judge Monday invalidated a key provision of the recently passed health care law, saying that it "exceeds the constitutional boundaries of congressional power." The ruling was the first from a federal judge invalidating a provision the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which Congress passed in 2010. U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson said in a 42-page opinion that the so-called individual mandate provision, which...Full Story
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