Ed Sterling Texas Press After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit declared the individual mandate in “Obamacare” unconstitutional on Dec. 18, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton expressed his agreement. “The Fifth Circuit’s holding is clear: the federal government cannot order private citizens to purchase subpar insurance products that they don’t want,” Paxton said. “The individual mandate is the centerpiece of Obamacare, and I am glad the Fifth Circuit recognized that it is unlawful.” Paxton said he looks forward to demonstrating in federal district court that the rest of the law cannot stand without the individual mandate and added: “Yesterday’s ...