Tag Archives: Anti-Injunction Act

Will D.C. Circuit Follow Sixth Circuit Approach To Standing In Latest Challenge to Health Care Statute?

Last Friday, the D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments in yet another lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance under the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148.  See Seven-Sky v. Holder (D.C. Circuit, Case No. 11-5047).  This is the fourth challenge to the individual mandate … Continue Reading

Unlike 6th and 11th Circuits, 4th Circuit Denies Challenges to Health Care Statute on Standing Grounds (With An Interesting Twist)

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday rejected two challenges to the constitutionality of the mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance under the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148.  Like the Third Circuit, and unlike the Sixth and Eleventh Circuits, the Fourth Circuit held that the challengers lacked standing.  … Continue Reading
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