{"id":6931,"date":"2010-12-16T03:12:01","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T03:12:01","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-12-16T03:12:24","modified_gmt":"2010-12-16T03:12:24","slug":"An-Enormous-Victory-For-Liberty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=6931","title":{"rendered":"An Enormous Victory For Liberty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Enormous Victory For Liberty<br \/>\nby Newt Gingrich<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday&#8217;s ruling by federal judge Henry Hudson that a key provision in the Obama health care law is unconstitutional is an enormous victory for all Americans who care about liberty.<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><strong>Judge Hudson declared in his 42-page opinion that the law&#8217;s requirement for most Americans to obtain health insurance was unconstitutional:<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;Neither the Supreme Court nor any federal circuit court of appeals has extended Commerce Clause powers to compel an individual to involuntarily enter the stream of commerce by purchasing a commodity in the private market.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><\/strong><strong>Hudson also wrote that allowing Congress to exercise such authority &#8220;would invite unbridled exercise of federal police powers.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nFull repeal is going to be a very long, difficult fight, but Monday&#8217;s ruling is a huge victory that should not be overlooked. 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