A federal judge in Pensacola, FL recently ruled that the entire health-care law recently enacted by Congress violates the U.S. Constitution because of one provision contained within the law requiring nearly all Americans to obtain health insurance.

The new law already faces a challenge from Judge Henry Hudson of the Eastern District Court in Richmond, VA who ruled that the law’s requirement that all Americans maintain a minimum level of coverage or face a fine violates federal authority.  The state’s attorney general declared the law unenforceable and he has called for an injunction against the entire health-care act.

And, the Wisconsin attorney general recently announced that “this means, for Wisconsin, the federal health-care law is dead,” further stating that his state “was relieved of any obligations or duties” to carry out the new law.

In Congress last night, the Senate Republicans attempted to repeal the entire health-care overhaul law as part of the Federal Aviation Administration funding measure.  However, Democrats in that chamber defeated the initiative with Majority Leader Reid vowing to block any total repeal effort.  The House has already voted to repeal the entire law, but now with the defeat of such an initiative in the Senate, it is likely that the Republicans will attempt to repeal portions of the new law instead of a complete repeal.