"Congress exceeded its authority"

That and more from the Appeals Court for the 11th Circuit on ObamaCare:

President Barack Obama's healthcare law suffered a setback Friday when a U.S. appeals court ruled that it was unconstitutional to require all Americans to buy insurance or face a penalty.

The Appeals Court for the 11th Circuit, based in Atlanta, found that Congress exceeded its authority by requiring Americans to buy coverage, but also reversed a lower court decision that threw out the entire healthcare law.

The legality of the individual mandate, a cornerstone of the healthcare law, is widely expected to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. Opponents have argued that without the mandate, which goes into effect in 2014, the entire law falls.

The law, adopted by Congress in 2010 after a bruising battle, is expected to be a major political issue in the 2012 elections as Obama seeks another term in office and as all the major Republican presidential candidates have opposed it.

Obama has championed the individual mandate as a major accomplishment of his presidency and as a way to try to slow the soaring costs of healthcare while expanding coverage to the more than 30 million Americans without it.

The White House said it strongly disagreed with the ruling and voiced confidence the decision would not stand.

Interestingly enough, 2 of the 3 judges seated were appointed by President Clinton. 

Thank you Bill.

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[mathman]

The ruling is significant because of the thorough way in which the ruling treats the history of the subject: the Constitutional authority of Congress.
Obamacare would make us all into subjects of the Royal House. We would lose the freedom to decide how to spend our money. With mandated insurance a done deal, there would soon be endless other mandates, requiring us to purchase endless numbers of things which Congress decided were important to us.

No, thank you.

I like the limited Federal power just fine.