January 26, 2011
Virginia: Quick Ruling Promised on Challenge to Health Law
By KEVIN SACK

A federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., announced Wednesday that it would expedite its consideration of a lower court ruling against a key provision of the Obama health care act. The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit said it would hear arguments between May 10 and May 13 in the Obama administration’s appeal of a ruling last month by Judge Howard E. Hudson of Federal District Court in Richmond. Judge Hudson ruled that Congress had exceeded the boundaries of the Commerce Clause of the Constitution by requiring citizens to obtain commercial insurance. He allowed the law to remain in effect pending appeals, which are likely to end at the Supreme Court. Two other federal judges have upheld the insurance requirement, while a fourth judge, in Florida, is expected to rule soon.

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