[Vision2020] About That Judge Who . . .

[Tom Hansen]

"Judge who ruled the individual mandate to be unconstitutional owns
between $15,000 and $50,000 in a GOP political consulting firm that worked
against health care reform."

Courtesy of Talking Points Memo at:

http://tinyurl.com/2cwfgzs

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Judge Who Ruled Health Care Reform Unconstitutional Owns Piece of GOP
Consulting Firm

Henry E. Hudson, the federal judge in Virginia who just ruled health care
reform unconstitutional, owns between $15,000 and $50,000 in a GOP
political consulting firm that worked against health care reform. You
don't say!

As the Huffington Post and others first noted last July, Hudson's annual
financial disclosures show that he owns a sizable chunk of Campaign
Solutions, Inc., a Republican consulting firm that worked this election
cycle for John Boehner, Michele Bachmann, John McCain, and a whole host of
other GOP candidates who've placed the purported unconstitutionality of
health care reform at the center of their political platforms. Since 2003,
according to the disclosures, Hudson has earned between $32,000 and
$108,000 in dividends from his shares in the firm (federal rules only
require judges to report ranges of income).

Campaign Solutions was instrumental in the launching of Sarah Palin's PAC
(though Palin has since split with the firm), and Ken Cuccinelli, the
Virginia attorney general who filed the lawsuit that Hudson ruled in favor
of today, paid Campaign Solutions $9,000 for services rendered in 2010.

Anyway, if you're curious why Hudson, who was appointed to the bench by
George W. Bush, ruled that health care reform's individual coverage
mandate violates the constitution, it has absolutely nothing to do with
the fact that he as a major shareholder in a political messaging firm that
gets paid to argue that health care reform's individual mandate is
unconstitutional. It's really just that he's a Republican.

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Nope.

No surprises here.

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change
and the Realist adjusts his sails."

- Unknown