The reports are coming in and by most accounts the full text of the ruling is not yet available. But the reports claim he has ruled the entire health care law unconstitutional "because the individual mandate is unconstitutional and not severable, the entire Act must be declared void." This goes beyond the Virginia ruling, which held just the individual mandate was unlawful.
UPDATED: By our count, Tim Pawlenty is the first 2012 potential candidate to put out a press release on the decision, in which he points out that he was "proud to join" the lawsuit while serving as Minnesota's Governor.
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