{"id":3712,"date":"2010-12-13T15:38:54","date_gmt":"2010-12-13T19:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncdata.wpengine.com\/?p=3712"},"modified":"2017-11-15T12:57:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T16:57:06","slug":"black-conservatives-speak-out-on-obamacare-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2010\/12\/13\/black-conservatives-speak-out-on-obamacare-ruling\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Conservatives Speak Out on ObamaCare Ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"
Washington, DC<\/em> – A federal judge in Virginia today ruled that the Obamacare health care takeover is unconstitutional. Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are speaking out about this landmark ruling:<\/span><\/p>\n Coby W. Dillard<\/a>:<\/em> “The ruling in Commonwealth v. Sebelius<\/em> is a reminder that individual liberty — the right to live freely and make individual decisions — trumps the attempt by the government to force an unpopular and unconstitutional health care mandate on the American people. In siding with Virginia, Judge Hudson has reaffirmed the original intent of our Constitution’s authors, who did not wish to see the Commerce Clause used to compel citizens to participate in economic activity against their will. There is bipartisan agreement that our health care system needs reform. Achieving that reform, however, should not come at the cost of subordinating our inalienable right of liberty to the government under the guises of ‘patient protection’ and ‘affordable care.’ While the Supreme Court will likely have the final say of this, those of us who recognize the Obama health care bill’s individual mandate as an attack on the liberty of all citizens have reason to celebrate today.” (Coby W. Dillard is a member of Project 21 and a resident of Virginia. He is a founding member of the Hampton Roads Tea Party.)<\/p>\n Horace Cooper<\/a>:<\/em> “This is a victory for common sense constitutional law. Thankfully, Judge Hudson’s ruling recognizes that we live in a country with a government of limited powers — a country ruled by law and not men.” (Horace Cooper is a member of Project 21, a resident of Virginia and a former visiting assistant professor at the George Mason University School of Law.)<\/p>\n