"NFIB is pleased Judge Vinson ruled in favor of allowing our case to move forward. It is critical to small business owners and all Americans for the court to weigh in on the important constitutional questions at the heart of our lawsuit over the individual mandate," Ms. Harned said.
"Judge Vinson correctly recognized that the individual mandate, which forces all Americans to purchase health insurance, whether they want it or not gives the federal government an unprecedented amount of power over our individual lives," she said.
In a footnote, Judge Vinson quotes from Lewis Carroll's classic "Through the Looking-Glass:"
c "When I use a word, Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more or less. The question is, said Alice, whether you can make words mean so many different things."
Along with Florida, the other states involved in the case are Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Washington.
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