Four Michigan Residents Sue to Get out of Federalized Health Care

Michigan Capitol Confidential reports:

The Thomas More Law Center has joined the slew of legal action sparked by the passage of President Barack Obama's health care legislation.

The Ann Arbor-based conservative law firm filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of federalized health care in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The president signed the 10-year, $938-billion piece of legislation into law on Tuesday.

"This case isn't so much about health care, it is about what our Constitution allows and doesn't allow," said Robert Muise, the senior trial counsel at the Thomas More Law Center. "If Congress is allowed to have this power, there is virtually no limit to what law they can pass. They could force a person to engage in a commercial transaction."

The lawsuit states, "There is no enumerated power in the Constitution that permits the federal government to mandate that every American citizen purchase or obtain health care coverage or face a penalty."

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of four Michigan residents who do not have private health care insurance and object to being forced to purchase it.

"Let's face it: If Congress has the power to force individuals to purchase health insurance coverage or pay a federal penalty merely because they live in America, then it has the unconstrained power to mandate that every American family buy a General Motors vehicle to help the economy or pay a federal penalty," said Richard Thompson, president and chief counsel of the Thomas More Law Center, in a press release.

Interesting.