Yesterday's elections gave President Obama and the Democrat Party a big black eye.
Voters in Missouri decided overwhelmingly to reject a key element of the recently passed health care reform bill.
Nearly 73 percent of voters approved Proposition C, a ballot initiative that says Missouri residents do not have to purchase health insurance or pay an annual fine to the federal government, as the new federal healthcare law states. It is not clear if states have the authority to override a federal law in such a manner, but legislatures in Virginia, Georgia, Idaho, Arizona and Louisiana have passed similar bills, which are all expected to be challenged in court.
I'd say those states have an excellent chance of prevailing as there's no constitutional authority for the federal government to mandate the purchase of a product or levy a fine if people don't.
[Special thanks to Bob Kerns.]
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