"Get Out of Town. And Take Your Healthcare Lawsuit With You."
In much friendlier language than that, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia told outside Plaintiffs and their lawyers from Michigan, Virginia, Tennessee -- and one or two from the District, that their Complaint claiming unconstitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is dismissed. Download Mead v. Holder (D.D.C. Case No. 1.10CV950, Order Filed February 22, 2011) PUBLIC ACCESS (64 page Opinion).,
This makes the fifth different time that a Federal Judge has been asked to determine the constitutionality of the PPACA, and the third time that a Judge has ruled that the PPACA is constitutional.
The Order and accompanying Memorandum Opinion were both filed on Tuesday, February 22, 2011. The Plaintiffs, including the lead Plaintiff, a person from North Carolina named Ms. Margaret Peggy Lee Mead (no relation, different spelling), filed their Notice of Appeal on Friday, February 25, 2011.
The Plaintiffs challenging the PPACA seem pretty confident of the outcome once their appeals eventually move from the next likely level of review, which is at the Circuit Court of Appeal level, and reach the U.S. Supreme Court for an expected conclusion.
This is an UPDATE of a post here on February 14, 2011, "Judges With Different Experience Decide Constitutionality of Federal Healthcare Law".
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