A place to find news updates, legal analysis, and all official documents related to the various constitutional challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Rock chalk, make way for the Jayhawks
First Wisconsin, now Kansas, and perhaps soon some others (such Ohio and Wyoming). With Democrat Steve Six leaving the office of Kansas Attorney General, and Derek Schmidt assuming the post, the state of Kansas has announced its intent to become a plaintiff in Florida v. HHS. Here is a story from the Wichita Business Journal. This will run the total (not including Ohio or Wyoming) to 22 state plaintiffs in the case, and 23 state governments in total, challenging the constitutionality of the ACA.