ObamaCare's days are numbered!
Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman Liberty Counsel
Judge Christopher C. Conner got it right! Tuesday, in
one of more than thirty lawsuits against ObamaCare
making their way through the federal judiciary, the
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, judge held ObamaCare's
"individual mandate" to be unconstitutional.
Right now, my legal staff is preparing Liberty Counsel's
appeal of our ruling from the Fourth Circuit Court
of Appeals on our case, Liberty University v. Geithner,
for hearing at the United States Supreme Court. We
have entered the most important phase of our multi-year
battle to stop ObamaCare! Please take a minute to
read this important update - Mat.
In his ruling earlier this week against ObamaCare, Judge
Christopher C. Conner was right on point...
"The federal government, however, is one of limited
enumerated powers," he wrote, "and Congress's efforts
to remedy the ailing health care and health insurance
markets must fit squarely within the boundaries of
those powers."
Judge Conner held that the power to regulate interstate
commerce does NOT include the power to dictate a lifetime
of buying health insurance! I couldn't agree more, and
that simple fact is at the heart of Liberty Counsel's own
lawsuit against ObamaCare.
The government does NOT have the right to force people to
buy coverage under the President's healthcare "reform" law.
The individual mandate is a radical departure from the
foundation and the intent of our Constitution - and from
the views of the framers who drafted it.
++ObamaCare's final battleground will be the Supreme Court.
As I've shared with you recently, the Fourth Circuit Court
of Appeals issued a 2-1 adverse ruling regarding our case
against ObamaCare.
This ruling is all over the place! One judge on the 3-judge
panel would uphold ObamaCare under the government's power
to tax, although 10 judges have thus far said the individual
mandate is a "penalty," not a "tax."
Another of the three judges would uphold ObamaCare under
the Commerce Clause, saying the government can force law-
abiding citizens to purchase anything it deems appropriate.
If this appellate court's logic prevails, you and I will
be forced to live under ObamaCare's unconstitutional mandate!
But, thankfully, this ruling is only the next step
on the path to the final round at the U.S. Supreme
Court. The two judges appointed by Barack Obama
and one by Bill Clinton will NOT have the final
say on ObamaCare!
Our appeal will be filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in
the next few weeks. I believe later this year, before the
end of December, we'll have word from the High Court about
taking these cases. I feel certain that the court will
schedule arguments in the early part of 2012, and by the end
of June we will have a ruling on the constitutionality of
ObamaCare.
That's why I urgently need your help right now, even if you
have supported our litigation against ObamaCare before.
This appeal to the Supreme Court is of paramount importance.
And it comes at a time when our team here at Liberty Counsel
is facing enormous financial and legal pressure on many
other fronts.
Please click here now to help us with a gift of any amount:
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++This is the most crucial phase of our ObamaCare lawsuit!
Everything that has gone before this appeal was designed
to get us to this point in the best possible position.
My team must respond in the next few weeks, and we are
carefully considering how to maximize the impact of our
filing.
As a result, I must immediately invest every available
legal resource to craft our appeal. We must challenge
this dangerous, evasive ruling from the appellate
court because if it is allowed to go unchallenged,
it could force Americans to accept ObamaCare's
outrageous dictates.
Will you please consider making a special
tax-deductible gift right now to Liberty Counsel so
we can successfully appeal the Fourth Circuit's
out-of-step decision? We must act now to keep our
case moving forward! Please go here to help:
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Here is the hopeful side of our situation...
Our case could be the first to be heard by the
U.S. Supreme Court and the first to strike a
legal death blow against the heinous ObamaCare
law.
And...
I am fully confident that we have the law and
legal precedent on our side to have our case
heard and to achieve a sweeping rejection of
this court-ordered acceptance of ObamaCare's
unconstitutional mandate. This latest decision
from Judge Conner in Pennsylvania affirms the
facts at the heart of Liberty Counsel's case
against the outrageous government takeover of
our medical services system!
Can I count on your help? Please prayerfully consider
how you can support Liberty Counsel as we fight this
crucial ObamaCare case and continue other vital efforts.
Thank you in advance for your partnership with Liberty
Counsel and may God richly bless you!
Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel
P.S. Judge Conner got it right in ruling against the
individual mandate of ObamaCare, and I firmly believe
the Supreme Court will get it right, as well. Please
help Liberty Counsel press forward as we take our case
to the nation's High Court!
Go here to send immediate help:
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