The University of Washington tried to have a debate on the constitutionality of the new healthcare law. They invited well respected law professors to participate in the debate but were unable to find even one to debate the position that the new law is unconstitutional. Check out the full story in the Seattle Times.
All the law professors on the panel agreed that the new law “passes constitutional muster and that various lawsuits arguing the opposite — including the one joined last week by Washington’s state Attorney General Rob McKenna — have little merit or chance of success.” The former Republican U.S. attorney for Western Washington, John McKay, said, “…the lawsuits lacked merit.” He also wondered aloud about the timing and thrust of the cases — “One way to say it is, that this has to be seen as a political exercise.”
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