I am not a Constitutional expert. I do not know precedent regarding cases involving the federal government encroaching on state’s rights as set forth in the Constitution. I just want to get that out of the way before anyone reads my next statement.

Unfortunately, the ruling today by a Virginia federal judge that the individual mandate of the federal health reform law is unconstitutional will be viewed through a political lens instead of the legal lens, through which it must be examined.

A federal judge in Virginia dismissed a suit filed by Liberty University challenging the constitutionality of the federal health reform law.

A federal judge in Detroit rejected a request seeking to block the implementation of the individual mandate included in federal health reform.

With a July 1 hearing in federal court looming to hear his case against federal health reform, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has started his argument.