Idaho’s First

Gov. Butch Otter holds his first public bill-signing ceremony of the session Wednesday, for the “Idaho Health Freedom Act.”

BOISE — Idaho Gov. Butch Otter on Wednesday became the first state chief executive to sign a measure requiring his attorney general to sue Congress if it passes health reforms that force residents to buy insurance.

Similar legislation is pending in 37 other states nationwide.

Constitutional law experts say the move is mostly symbolic because federal laws supersede those of the states. But the movement reflects a growing national frustration with President President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. More.

Wow. How many other states will follow suit? How will these “symbolic” laws affect health care reform?