Idaho first to sign law against health care reform (OneNewsNow.com): "BOISE, Idaho - Idaho is leading the charge in a states-rights push to defeat a proposal in Congress that would require people to buy health insurance, a key piece of reforms being pushed by President Barack Obama.
Republican Gov. C.L. 'Butch' Otter used a ceremony Wednesday afternoon to become the first governor to sign into law a measure requiring the state attorney general to sue the federal government over any such insurance mandates.
There's similar legislation pending in 37 other states, a point Otter stressed when asked if the bill he signed can succeed, given constitutional law experts are already saying federal laws would supersede those of states in a U.S. District Court fight.
'The ivory tower folks will tell you, 'No, they're not going anywhere,'' he told reporters. 'But I'll tell you what, you get 36 states, that's a critical mass. That's a constitutional mass.'"
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