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Fla. Attorney General on Supreme Court's health care ruling

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    Will other legal challenges come against health care law?

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And our next guest was one of the leading challengers to the health care law.

The reaction now to the supreme court's decision and what happens from here Florida's attorney general Amazon -- Pam good morning great to see you and thanks for coming and thanks Jamie good -- and you work so hard on the -- you you this was a mission for you for the people of your state and you didn't get it the health care law stands what does that mean immediately for the folks that you represented.

The.

Well this was a group -- with 26 states and yes Florida led the fight and we're very proud of that and I don't believe that there's anything different that we could have done.

We made the right arguments today made the wrong decision.

And you know right now we're very proud in Florida to have governor Rick Scott.

We are not going to implement the Medicaid expansion.

And yet you know you know this wouldn't it -- you have to realize that that even though we lost by a huge portion of this.

We prevailed.

On a big part as well.

If they could've done this under the commerce clause that would have been absolutely no limits to what they could have done and we also prevailed on the Medicaid expansion and -- that's really important.

Because now this -- looks like nothing congress intended.

For it to look -- and now you've got states that are strong like Florida like New Jersey that are coming forward and say -- We're not forced to participate in this Medicaid expansion where not gonna do it.

-- -- And and what was also -- in my opinion being an attorney as you are reading this opinion carefully.

Is that justice Ginsburg said this was a major setback.

What's the implication of -- dissent that looks at that or Justice Roberts who wrote the opinion he said if you don't like it look it's just our job to say if it's constitutional.

They'll have to pick different elected representatives.

Well that well first -- -- justice Ginsburg.

I think we're sad about was that now they cannot force us they cannot call -- us.

To expand our -- to take away our Medicaid funding so that was a win for the states.

As to Justice Roberts.

-- you know what he did it in essence what he tossed it back into the political arena.

And -- no where in now where do you it will wee bit this tax issue with a disgust at the hearings but.

Very little.

And and no one ever thought ever dream to that this would it be the result -- and even -- Wallace case was pending.

The budget director and the president came out and told the American people it was not attacks that now -- I was sitting with.

That's true but not.

-- Louis eight hot I had many discussions with folks who are look looking at this as hard as I was not as hard as you work who said.

No way under the congress cries.

But the taxing authority could have this mandate -- -- -- it isn't that -- I maybe wrong on that as well.

Well except the federal government was calling it a penalty that was a possibility but -- we still believe it's unconstitutional.

Under the taxing power we're going to abide by the law of course all the states are.

You know that that that you you know Justice Roberts.

It -- the federal government call that penalty and he chose to call it attacks there and.

-- that was very good at one point oh yeah it could make it that was the one way -- -- -- -- -- -- -- so let me ask you the only -- you have endorsed governor Romney.

And absolutely many people are looking now even more closely.

What's he gonna do about it.

What do you think he's well now and if he becomes our president what do you think he -- do that.

Well Mitt Romney and I've had many discussions about this and I can tell you the first thing and this is why the American people now more than ever.

We need to get involved we need to get behind Mitt Romney.

Because now the Supreme Court like you said -- tossed it it's back in the political arena they said.

-- our lawmakers decide what that's what the American people are gonna do and we have a race in 2012 none of this job has to be implemented until 2014.

And now that they call that the tax Jamie we only need 51 votes in the senate.

So if we can get those votes in the senate and we can get Mitt Romney in the White House.

We can repeal what is the biggest tax increase President Obama -- flood the American people.

And this is -- biggest tax increase in the history of our.

Country and we have to elect leaders who are gonna be honest with the American people.

Attorney general from Florida Pam finally saying that the ruling.

Leaves us with a health care plan that she says is -- Pam thank you so much for being here thank you to appreciate your thoughts we report our viewers decide thanks.

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