The latest ruling puts the score at three cases dismissed and three allowed to go forward, probably all the way to the Supreme Court. At issue is the constitutionality of the individual mandate to buy insurance.
There are some two dozen distinct legal challenges of the law. The Obama administration recently stated that the law would survive even if the unpopular individual mandate were struck down.
Two more federal judges, in Richmond, Va. and Pensacola, Fla., are expected to rule in similar cases in the next few months, but unlike the judge in the Liberty University case, they have expressed skepticism about the constitutionality of the reform law.
Read New York Times report on the lawsuit challenging healthcare reform.
Read more coverage of lawsuits challenging the healthcare reform law.
– Ohio Judge Okays Third Reform Law Challenge
– Administration Says Reform Law Can Exist Without Individual Mandate
– Supreme Court Refuses to Weigh in With Early Review of Reform Law
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