Chattanooga, TN - Attorney, and congressional candidate, Van Irion of Tennessee has filed a massive class action suit against Obamacare, starting out with 25,000 plaintiff members in the class and promising more to come.

The suit challenges Obamacare on the basis that Congress is not authorized by the Constitution to regulate health care. Mr. Irion is asking the courts to re-evaluate the 68 year-old Commerce clause precedent, arguing that the precedent in effect destroys the intent of the Constitution and specifically violates the 10th Amendment. Mr. Irion says in the motion for Preliminary Injunction, “The fact that the error perpetrated against America in Wickard has fundamentally changed the way our government operates, should not be used as an excuse to continue the error.”

The Republican Majority Campaign signed-on early to help Irion with the lawsuit as its Editor, Charles Benninghoff became an original class member.  Benninghoff stated, "We will assist Mr. Irion in any way possible.  Obama's theft of General Motors for corrupt union bosses pales in comparison to his theft of the world's finest medical system.  If we do not fight this musselman in the street, in the ballot box, in the halls of congress and in the courts, we will surely lose this great republican to rampant sharia law which we believe is the end objective of Obama's personal program.  It is not difficult to understand why the Democrats have joined forces with jihad because both ideologies seek complete and total power over every facet of life.  Obama's death administrators will turn our medical system into a race-based and politic-based medical delivery charade.  I urge as many of you as possible to work with us to continue to work to defeat Obamacare."

The case was originally filed with one named plaintiff, Anthony Shreeve, on April 8, 2010. Since that time, over 25,000 Americans from all 50 states learned of the suit and asked to join. The latest filings amend the complaint to include the individuals and businesses that have contacted Irion to request that they be joined as co-plaintiffs in the lawsuit. Also included in the latest filings is a motion for a preliminary injunction. If granted, the motion would result in a court order from the Federal Court in Chattanooga prohibiting the Federal government from enforcing Obamacare, pending the outcome of the lawsuit.

Irion’s filed lawsuit is the first suit to allow any US citizen or business to join as a plaintiff and is the only suit to directly attack the legal precedent of the Commerce clause and therefore the Constitutionality of Obamacare. Irion has been interviewed on both Greta Van Susteren’s “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren”, and Judge Andrew Napolitano’s “Freedom Watch.”

“The lawsuit quickly became so popular among grassroots movements, that we set up a website to take plaintiff information and allow people to follow the progress of the case,” said Irion. The suit has been dubbed Obamacare Class Action, or “OCA”, and can be found at http://www.van4congress.org/contact/obamacare-class-action/. Individuals and businesses can join by filling out a form that captures name, address and email address. Phone number and company name is optional, but US companies have the option of signing on as a corporate plaintiff.

“This is truly the ‘People’s Suit’” Irion says. It’s their name on the complaint. America is suing the President, Pelosi, Reid and the Federal government, saying that the Obamacare legislation is wrong. It is unconstitutional and must be overturned.”

The complaint was filed in Federal Court, Eastern District of Tennessee, Chattanooga, on April 8, case file number 1:10cv-71. The amended complaint adding over 25,000 Americans was filed July 19, along with the motion for preliminary injunction.

Editor's Note:  The Editor of the Republican Majority Campaign PAC is a plaintiff-member of the class action suit.