A federal appeals court struck down as unconstitutional thecentral provision of President Barack Obama's health-care lawrequiring most Americans get coverage, bringing the 2010 actever-closer to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The 2 to 1 ruling is in direct conflict with an earlier decisionby a federal appeals panel in Cincinnati, which upheld theindividual mandate. The provision exceeds Congress's power toregulate commerce, a U.S. appeals panel in Atlanta ruled today,affirming in part a lower court in a suit by 26 states.
“This guarantees that the Supreme Court will rule on theconstitutionality of the individual mandate, and makes it verylikely that the court's ruling will come by the end of June 2012,”said Kevin Walsh, an assistant professor at the University ofRichmond School of Law in Virginia.
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