Articles in Category: 'Judge Roger Vinson'

Weekly Roundup: Put That in Your Tea and Stuff It
By: Keith Laing The News Service of Florida | Posted: February 5, 2011 3:55 AM

It was no tempest in a teapot this week when a Pensacola judge stirred the national debate about the federal health care law by ruling that it was not only unconstitutional to require people to buy insurance, but that the entire health care law violates the nation’s founding document.

TAGS: Art Graham, Barack Obama, Boston Tea Party, Cynthia O'Connell, Dartmouth, Don Gaetz, Eduardo Balbis, Jimmy Petronis, Judge Roger Vinson, Judicial Activism, Julie Brown, News, Rick Scott, Ronald Brise, Steve Wise, Government
 
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Florida, Other States Mull Next Step in Health Care Lawsuit
By: Gray Rohrer | Posted: February 2, 2011 3:55 AM

Northern Florida District Court Judge Roger Vinson’s ruling, declaring the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act unconstitutional and void, has left parties on both sides of the lawsuit to ponder their next bit of legal strategem as the case winds its way through the judicial system.

TAGS: 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, Attorney General Bill McCollum, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Commerce Clause, Constitution, Gov. Rick Scott, Judge Roger Vinson, News, Office of Public Affairs, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, U.S. Justice Department, Government
 
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Florida Judge: Health Care Law Unconstitutional
By: Gray Rohrer | Posted: January 31, 2011 7:04 PM
 

U.S. District Court Judge Roger Vinson issued a ruling from Pensacola on Monday declaring the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.

TAGS: Affordable Care Act, Attorney General Bill McCollum, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Commerce Clause, Florida Democratic Party, Gov. Rick Scott, Health Care Freedom Act, Judge Roger Vinson, National Federation of Independent Businesses, News, President Barack Obama, Scott Arceneaux, Sen. Andy Gardiner, Sen. Bill Nelson, Sen. Marco Rubio, Sen. Mike Haridopolos, SJR 2, U.S. Constitution, Government
 
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Florida Presents Case Against Obamacare
By: Gray Rohrer | Posted: December 17, 2010 4:05 AM
 
Florida’s lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act, the federal overhaul of health care, took another step forward Thursday as U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson heard oral arguments in Pensacola.
TAGS: Affordable Care Act, Attorney General Bill McCollum, Commerce Clause, Georgetown University, Judge Roger Vinson, Medicaid, News, Obamacare, Rep. Rick Kriseman, U.S. Constitution, Government
 
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State Capitol Briefs
By: The News Service of Florida | Posted: November 29, 2010 4:05 AM
PILL MILL CHECKS
New rules aimed at cracking down on “pill mill” prescription drug clinics that were set to go into effect Thanksgiving weekend won’t, because legislators passed a new law requiring legislative approval of certain expensive new regulations, including the prescription drug rules.
TAGS: Alan Mendelsohn, Alvin Enton, Andrew Gillum, Federal Health Care Insurance, Judge Roger Vinson, Judge William Zloch, Karen Thurman, News, Pill Mills, Rod Smith, Government
 
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