The topic is health care reform but those who oppose it at the state level are going to pursue constitutional arguments which claim state and individual rights are being violated.

These attorneys general might want to remember that the president taught constitutional law when crafting their cases. (Yes, the Fact Checker confirms that he taught this subject at the University of Chicago. Although he was a lecturer, he was there 12 years and the school itself has said professor is an appropriate title for someone who taught there for that period of time.)

With 12 years of constitutional law teaching on his resume, no doubt he will be intrigued by each case.

The states have to determine what is in their best interests on a state by state basis.

Reuters

New battles are erupting over recently passed U.S. healthcare reforms, this time within the states, where leaders from both parties are clashing on whether to sue the U.S. government.

“ Only hours after President Barack Obama signed the healthcare plan into law this week, more than a dozen Republican attorneys general of U.S. states — and one Democrat — filed lawsuits saying it violated state and individual rights. Others began investigating possible lawsuits.

“While some legal scholars think the suits will reach the Supreme Court, many agree that the supremacy clause of the Constitution, which puts the powers of the U.S. government above those of the states, will trump the states’ arguments.”

Source: Reuters, March 26, 2010