Independence Institute constitutional scholar Rob Natelson comments on the Eleventh Circuit ruling the individual mandate in Obamacare to be unconstitutional:

On August 12, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that the insurance mandate in the “Obamacare” health control law is unconstitutional. The Court ruled that the mandate exceeded Congress’s Commerce Power, and was not a “tax” under Congress’s Taxation Power. …

Some of the Court’s discussion suggests that an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief filed by us at the Independence Institute may have influenced how the judges reached their decision. …

But first, here are some basic facts about the ruling: …

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