Judge Henry E. Hudson

Health care reform got the wind knocked out of it today by a federal court judge who ruled that it was unconstitutional for the federal government to mandate that people have health insurance, a provision that especially riled up the law's many conservative critics. It is a significant setback for...

U.S. District Court Judge Henry E. Hudson ruled Monday that Virginia's lawsuit against the health care reform law can proceed to a hearing on the merits. By agreeing that the state has a right to bring the suit, he has, in effect, agreed to rule on the constitutionality of health care reform.