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WASHINGTON | Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:33pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department will "vigorously defend" the new healthcare reform law against any lawsuits brought, a spokesman for the department said, after 14 state attorneys general filed challenges to the overhaul signed into law by President Barack Obama on Tuesday.

"We will vigorously defend the constitutionality of the health care reform statute, along with any other claims, in any litigation that is brought against the United States," Justice Department spokesman Charles Miller said in a statement.

"We are confident that this statute is constitutional and we will prevail when we defend it in court," he said.

(Reporting by Jeremy Pelofsky, Editing by Sandra Maler)
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MTpatroit wrote:
Charles Miller is another boot licker in this administration. He does not care about the law or the Constitution. It is all about their Agenda.

Mar 23, 2010 9:09pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
RainyDayInterns wrote:
Did any of these passed without opposition?
- Emancipation Proclamation by Lincoln
- Women’s suffrage by Wilson
- Lend/Lease by FDR
- Desegregation of the military by Truman
- Civil Rights Act by Johnson

Who would stand against those today?

Sincerely,
RainyDayInterns

Mar 23, 2010 9:49pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
clarify wrote:
Whether or not lawsuits prevail there is a concerted effort by the government to suppress the will of the people. I think the democrats reaction was obnoxious as they acted as if they won. Well who lost? Not the republicans who had been shut out of the whole process. The people maybe? Based on polls that seems to be true, but the payback this November will be surgical and the people may take no prisoners as the democrats have spat upon the people, republicans and the constitution in a way never seen in this country’s history.

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