Sign the Petition - No Individual Mandate on Obamacare

Obama and his Democrats may not give a horse's hind end about the Constitution but Virginians sure do!

Fellow Americans, On Tuesday, March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law a healthcare bill of historic proportions. That bill includes an individual mandate on Americans that declares that they must buy health insurance or face penalties. This overreaches the authority of Congress under the Commerce Clause and is therefore unconstitutional. Buying health insurance can be said to be an act in commerce. However, if someone doesn't buy insurance, they are by definition not engaging in commerce. This legislation greatly oversteps the Commerce Clause. Please join in Virginia's fight to overturn the individual mandate on health insurance. I ask that you indicate your support by signing the petition below. Please also forward this to your friends. Sincerely, Ken Cuccinelli Attorney General of Virginia Click here to read and sign the petition Petition in Support of Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's Suit to Overturn the Health Care Individual Mandate WHEREAS, the health care bill recently passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama includes a mandate requiring Americans to purchase health care insurance, and WHEREAS, federal officials claim that the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution gives the federal government the authority to force citizens to purchase health care insurance, and WHEREAS, by definition, a person who refuses to purchase is NOT engaging in interstate commerce, and WHEREAS, a citizen who is not engaging in commerce may not be compelled to engage in commerce by the federal government, and WHEREAS, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Congress may not regulate non-commercial activities using the commerce clause, and WHEREAS, the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia has passed a law protecting Virginia's citizens from this unconstitutional mandate, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the undersigned citizens of the United States support the lawsuit brought by the Commonwealth of Virginia to declare the health care individual mandate unconstitutional. Click here to read and sign the petition