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Judge slams Penn. lawmakers for ‘premeditated pandering’ to Christian voters

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit over a Pennsylvania General Assembly resolution that declared 2012 as the “Year of the Bible,” but hammered state lawmakers for approving the legislation. “At best, H.R. 535 is a benign attempt to reaffirm the underlying principles of the Reagan proclamation of 1983,” U.S.…

Pa. judge rules health insurance mandate ‘unconstitutional’

A Pennsylvania judge has ruled that the mandate to purchase health insurance in the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. According to the Associated Press, Judge Christopher Conner in Harrisburg ruled that the mandate was an unconstitutional extension from the federal government under the Commerce Cause. “The nation undoubtably faces a…