President Barack Obama’s health care reform law was dealt a serious blow Monday when the part of the law that requires Americans to purchase health insurance was deemed unconstitutional by a federal court in Virginia. But analysts largely agree that the final battle over the law will ultimately be waged at the Supreme Court.

After federal district Judge Henry E. Hudson ruled the individual mandate — the component of the law that requires people buy health insurance — was unconstitutional, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said that while he is pleased with the outcome, there is still a long way to go until the case reaches the U.S. Supreme Court. But he is now more confident it will get there.

Legal analysts The Daily Caller talked to largely agree, for the most part, that both sides of the legal debate over Obamacare have solid, valid arguments and that it will be the Supreme Court that will ultimately resolve debate over the health care law.

Cato Institute fellow Ilya Shapiro told TheDC that the courts keep an eye on what’s going on in other courts regarding similar cases. What repeal-supporters should look to next, he said, is the case in Florida, in which 21 states have banded together to sue the federal government, also over the individual mandate in the health care reform legislation.

“These cases are all going to go up on appeal all around the country in different appellate courts,” Shapiro said. “Ultimately, they’re going to end up in the Supreme Court, probably in the spring of 2012.”



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