So says federal Judge Henry E. Hudson ruling on the individual mandate.
Here’s the actual opinion. It’s not searchable, and I haven’t read the whole thing, but I do note he rejected the risable notion than the individual mandate was a “tax” rather than a “penalty.” His ruling that the individual mandate is in fact “severable” from the rest of the bill seems to contradict most of the analysis I’ve read.
Tags: Henry E. Hudson, individual mandate, ObamaCare, Virginia
Judge Hudson and AG Cuccinelli both invest in Campaign Solutions Inc., which lobbied against health-care reform. Siting a potential conflict of interests, Cuccinelli has said he plans to end the financial relationship; I don’t know if Hudson plans to do the same.