August 16, 2010 7:47AM # Another Obamacare Lawsuit By [Ilya Shapiro](https://www.cato.org/people/ilya-shapiro) --- SHARE As briefing continues in the Virginia and Florida (+ 19 other states) cases — next hearings will be in October and September, respectively — I wanted to highlight the filing of another serious lawsuit, which [I’d mentioned previously](https://www.cato.org/2010/08/04/obamacare-lawsuits-gain-steam/) in a roundup of legal action. Our friends at the Goldwater Institute have filed a challenge on behalf of a small-business owner, three congressmen (Reps. Jeff Flake, Trent Franks, and John Shadegg, all Republicans of Arizona), and 29 Arizona state legislators. This new lawsuit, known as *Coons v. Geithner*, argues that the federal health care bill exceeds Congress’s powers, violates individual rights, interferes with the authority of states, and violates the separation of powers by setting up a new bureaucracy without meaningful congressional oversight or judicial review. The legal team is led by experienced constitutional litigator Clint Bolick (whose excellent book *David’s Hammer* [Cato published](http://store.cato.org/index.asp?fa=ProductDetails&method=&pid=1441347) a few years ago). You can read the [press release here](http://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/article/4927), find out [more about the lawsuit here](http://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/coonsvgeithner), and [download the complaint here](http://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/file/4929/download/4931). ##### Related Tags [Health Care](https://www.cato.org/health-care), [Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).