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Eleventh Circuit rules individual health care mandate unconstitutional
The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled 2-1 Friday that the individual mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [HR 3590; JURIST news archive] is unconstitutional. Although the decision in the US District C (More) |
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Federal appeals court dismisses health care suit for lack of standing
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a lower court's dismissal of a challenge to the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [HR 3590 materials; JURIST news archive] for lack of standing. Nonprofit New Jersey Physi (More) |
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TMLC petitions Supreme Court over Sixth Circuit ruling in favor of PPACA
The Thomas More Law Center (TMLC) on Wednesday filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the US Supreme Court asking for review of an appeals court ruling declaring the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [HR 3590 text; J (More) |
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Necessary and Proper: Health Care Costs and the Individual Mandate
Hillary Stemple, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2012, worked in the health care industry for five years prior to entering law school and is now in the Health Law Certificate program. She says that the individual mandate must be const (More) |
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Health Care Ruling Was 'Constitutionally Corrupt'
Ilya Shapiro, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, and Trevor Burrus, Legal Associate, both of the Cato Institute, argue that the recent Sixth Circuit ruling upholding health care reform fails to recognize the unprecedented sweep of the individua (More) |
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The Impact of a 'Middle-Management' Health Care Ruling
JURIST Guest Columnist Sallie Sanford of the University of Washington School of Law says that the opinion upholding health care reform by Judge Sutton, a self-described "middle-management judge," will prove influential in other circuits and beyond du (More) |
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Constitutional Politics: How Partisanship Will Shape Health Care
Nicholas Battaglia, Albany Law School Class of 2012, is an intern in the school's Health Law Clinic. He argues that the partisan affiliations of the judges coupled with strong legal arguments will result in more successes for the government in the he (More) |
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Sixth Circuit finds health care reform law's individual mandate constitutional
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday found the individual mandate provision of the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [HR 3590 text; JURIST news archive] constitutional. The Thomas More Law Center (TMLC) , (More) |
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Third Circuit hears arguments in health care law challenge
A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit heard arguments on Wednesday regarding the constitutionality of the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [HR 3590 text; JURIST news archive], specifically the in (More) |
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New Hampshire high court advises legislature it cannot force AG to join health care lawsuit
The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled in an advisory opinion on Wednesday that the legislature cannot force Attorney General Michael Delaney to join a lawsuit contesting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text; JURIST news ar (More) |
Sherman Antitrust Act passed by Congress
On July 2, 1890, the Sherman Antitrust Act became the first anti-monopoly legislation passed by Congress.
Learn more about the Sherman Act.
