A federal appeals court in Atlanta, where 26 states will argue against the U.S. Government, is the next stop in the ongoing legal battle over federal health reform.

A federal judge in Florida has become the second to rule unconstitutional the health reform law passed last year by Congress and President Barack Obama.

A national small business group has joined 20 states in challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, highlighting measures under federal health reform that could “devastate” its members.

A Florida senator is repeating his call for the ousting of the state’s insurance commissioner, calling his behavior “reprehensible” and saying he is no longer trustworthy.

Rebuffed by his state’s Democratic attorney general, Georgia Gov. Sonny Purdue, a Republican, has taken matters into his own hands to challenge the constitutionality of new federal health reform by hiring “special attorneys general.”

Arizona, Indiana, Mississippi, Nevada and North Dakota have joined 12 other states in claiming recently enacted federal health reform is unconstitutional.

Joining the chorus in other states, officials in both Idaho and Florida are staunchly protesting federal health insurance mandates for individuals and businesses.