Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, along with A.G.-elect Pam Bondi, announced the filing of a motion responding to the federal governmentās call for a multi-state lawsuit confronting President Obamaās health care legislation to be tossed.
The attorney generalās office filed the motion as part of a procedure in response to a U.S. Department of Justice motion for summary judgement asking for the lawsuit to be thrown out by a federal judge in Floridaās Northern District.
Florida is one of numerous states to join in a lawsuit calling Obamaās health care legislation unconstitutional. The primary argument in the lawsuit is that the so-called āindividual mandateā that states all citizens must maintain health care coverage violates citizensā rights to free choice when it comes to commerce.
In a press release, McCollum said he filed the motion along with Bondi, who made the health care lawsuit a cornerstone of her campaign for attorney general. Her opponent, Dan Gelber, vowed to drop the suit, while Bondi blasted Obamaās health care legislation throughout her run for office.
