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Challenge to Health Care Statute Heard by Fourth Circuit Today; Sixth Circuit Argument on the Horizon

As we reported two weeks ago, the Fourth Circuit is hearing oral arguments today in the appeal from Virginia District Court Judge Henry Hudson’s December 13, 2010 decision declaring unconstitutional the mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance under the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148.  See Commonwealth of Virginia, … Continue Reading

Supreme Court Declines to Step in at This Time; Allows Sixth Circuit to Hear Challenge to Health Care Statute

The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected an effort by Virginia’s attorney general to bypass the Court of Appeals and have the Supreme Court immediately address the challenge to the mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance under the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148. Virginia had filed a petition on … Continue Reading

Another Federal Judge Strikes Down Health Care Law, Just As Briefing Wraps Up In The Sixth Circuit Case

For the last two months, we have been following the case making its way through the Sixth Circuit involving a constitutional challenge to the mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance under the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148.  See Thomas More Law Center, et al. v. Obama, et al. … Continue Reading
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