District Judge in Virginia area lets their Health Care Law Suit go forward

[Bitwit1234]

Judge Henry Hudson refused to throw out Virginia's lawsuit against the Health Care Bill. He was appointed to the Federal Bench by GUESS WHO...bet you knew it right along....George W. Bush. And this AIN'T the first lawsuit he has approved that people thought would not go anywhere. Especially if it was republican segued.

[GreenTea]

1. If they just would of just passed the Public Option people would be begging

to line up and go with a government health care plan as opposed to the greedy, over priced, minimum coverage of the what the insurance corporations offer....

But because the Republicans & insurance corporations fought it, the Dems didn't have the votes and caved in and the paid-off Dems who are really republicans like Blanche Lincoln, Ben Nelson and slimy Indy Joe Lieberman there is no public option....instead there's the stipulation of forcing people to purchase insurance from the same greedy over-priced insurance corporations with almost no coverage.

We need health care for all - Medicare/single payer health care for all and at the very least a public option!

[babylonsister]

2. Memo to media: Health care judge in VA has long GOP roots

Memo to media: Health care judge has long GOP roots

August 02, 2010 2:46 pm ET by Adam Shah


Virginia federal judge Henry Hudson has denied the federal government's request to dismiss the state of Virginia's lawsuit arguing that the health care reform law is unconstitutional. As bloggers who support and oppose the health care reform bill have noted, this does not mean that the judge will find the law unconstitutional in the end.

In covering Hudson's decision, it is important for media to note that legal experts from across the political spectrum have said that the health care law does not violate the Constitution.

Furthermore, media should note Hudson's longstanding ties to the Republican Party. As former Sen. George Allen stated when endorsing Hudson in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in 1979, Hudson ran as a Republican and won the race for Arlington County Commonwealth's Attorney. He was subsequently appointed U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia by President Ronald Reagan; director of the U.S. Marshals Service by President George H.W. Bush; and to positions on three Virginia criminal justice boards by Allen -- when Allen was Virginia governor.

In addition, as reported by the Richmond Times Dispatch (via Nexis) former Republican Governor of Virginia Jim Gilmore appointed Hudson as a state court judge in 1998. Finally, President George W. Bush appointed Hudson to his current position as a federal judge in 2002.

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