PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - A federal judge in Florida says the Obama
administration's health overhaul is unconstitutional, siding with
26 states that had sued to block it.

U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson on Monday accepted without
trial the states' argument that the new law violates people's
rights by forcing them to buy health insurance by 2014 or face
penalties.

Attorneys for the administration had argued that the states did
not have standing to challenge the law and that the case should be
dismissed.

The case is likely to go to the U.S. Supreme Court. Two other
federal judges have upheld the insurance requirement, but a federal
judge in Virginia also ruled the insurance requirement
unconstitutional.

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