Ken Cuccinelli via Flickr
Virginia’s Republican Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has defined himself as one of the country’s leading conservatives with his lawsuit against the health care overhaul law. Filed within minutes after the law passed in March 2010, the suit could set limits on Congress’ power.
At issue is the law’s requirement that people, if they don’t have health insurance, must purchase it beginning in 2014 or face a financial penalty. Virginia’s suit argues that requiring citizens to purchase a product is a violation of the Commerce Clause in the Constitution.
A federal district court judge has agreed with Cuccinelli and the case — along with cases filed by other states — is expected by legal scholars to be heard by the Supreme Court next year.
Here’s my Q & A with Cuccinelli published in Kaiser Health News.
