After his current counsel refused to follow his instructions, Governor Gibbons decided to find somebody who would. Mark Hutchison of Hutchison & Steffen (approximately one year after he won the largest plaintiff's verdict in Nevada history) will take the reigns from the AG and sue to stop the recently passed health care legislation on behalf of the State of Nevada.
Hutchison and Governor Gibbons appeared on "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren" last night, where Hutchinson said that he would be handling the suit pro bono. Hutch had this to say regarding challenging the law under the commerce clause:
The commerce clause is the basis that Congress passed this legislation, particularly the individual mandate, which for the first time in United States history requires U.S. citizens to purchase a service or good in order to maintain their good standing with the United States government. Otherwise, they're going to get chased down by one of these 16,000 IRS agents, and that's unprecedented. And the justification is the commerce clause. So the court will decide whether or not the commerce clause can be stretched that far.Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto is reportedly looking at options to stop the suit, possibly seeking an injunction against the Governor pursuing the suit without her approval. Masto's concerns are solely legal in nature. You know, Rule 11 and such. Absolutely no politics going on here. Nope.
*Thanks to the helpful Tipster who politely pointed out that we have been spelling Mr. Hutchison's name incorrectly.
(Fox News)
