TOPEKA – Attorney General Derek Schmidt today issued the following statement on the decision by U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson in favor of Kansas’ challenge to the Obama/Pelosi health care law:

“Today’s ruling is a victory for the rule of law and individual liberty.  The fact that neither all power nor all wisdom resides in Washington, D.C., is not a mere political slogan – it is, in our federal system, a statement of binding constitutional law.  Kansas should be proud to be among the states standing up for our constitutional system of self-government.”

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida today ruled in favor of Kansas and 25 other state plaintiffs, plus two individual plaintiffs and the National Federation of Independent Businesses, and struck down the Obama/Pelosi health care law as unconstitutional.  It is likely the decision will be appealed and ultimately decided by the U.S. Supreme Court.