Third District Congressional candidate Van Irion said in just three days, more than 500 individuals and companies from 30 states have joined his federal lawsuit "against Obamacare."
On Thursday, the attorney filed a constitutional challenge to the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” in Chattanooga Federal Court. He filed suit two days after Tennessee Attorney General Robert Cooper announced that his office would not be filing suit on behalf of Tennessee citizens.
Mr. Irion said his suit "is intended to give Tennesseans a voice and an opportunity to challenge the unconstitutional federal law."
He said, "We’ve been stunned at the response. We immediately started getting requests to join the lawsuit from people and companies all across the US. We then decided to represent any US citizens and companies. The count is now over 500 and we expect to reach 1,000 plaintiffs within a week.”
He said his suit challenges the constitutionality of the “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” on unique grounds. “All other lawsuits filed to date challenge various details of Obamacare. Our lawsuit challenges the entire law. Nothing in the Constitution grants Congress authority to regulate healthcare.
“This is a direct challenge to the Supreme Court’s commerce clause precedent from the 1930’s and ‘40’s. That precedent used one phrase within the Constitution to destroy the purpose of the Constitution. It must be overturned.”