Ken Paxton joins Supreme Court challenge to the Affordable Care Act

[TexasTowelie]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a legal challenge to the federal health insurance overhaul commonly known as Obamacare by filing a brief Wednesday with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Texas and nine other states.

Paxton asserts that the Affordable Care Act, which has been deemed to be a legitimate tax statute by the high court, should have originated in the U.S. House. And since it wasn’t introduced by a House member, as called for by the Origination Clause of the U.S. Constitution, the law should be taken off the books, he said.

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Obamacare is an unconstitutional tax on the American people, Paxton asserts.

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Paxton’s argument has previously been dismissed by lower courts.

Read more: http://www.statesman.com/news/news/attorney-general-ken-paxton-tries-again-to-kill-af/npWtT/ (subscription required)

[Agnosticsherbet]

1. That could work. The Affordable Health Care for America Act(or HR 3962)

Written in the House was never enacted. The House chose to Amened a version of the Senate Bill and took it through reconciliation.

Technically, the bill originated in the Senate.