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More Briefing in the Thomas More Law Center Case Challenging The New Health Care Statute

As we have been reporting on this blog, the Sixth Circuit is preparing to address 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 Thomas More Law Center, et al. v. Obama, et al. (Sixth Circuit, Case No. 10-2388).  … Continue Reading

Sixth Circuit Case Addressing Constitutional Challenge To New Health Care Statute Still May Be First To Reach Supreme Court

As we reported on Monday, a Virginia federal judge made national headlines when he declared that the mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance under the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, is unconstitutional.  See Commonwealth of Virginia, et al. v. Sebelius (E.D. Va., Case No. 3:10-cv-188) (PDF).  On Tuesday, it was reported that the … Continue Reading

Virginia District Court Decision On Constitutionality of New Health Care Law Could Impact Pending Sixth Circuit Appeal

A federal district judge in Virginia ruled today that the new health care law’s mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance is unconstitutional, becoming the first court in the country to invalidate any part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010. See Virginia v. … Continue Reading

Judge Bernice Bouie Donald Nominated for Sixth Circuit

On December 1, 2010, President Obama nominated Judge Bernice Bouie Donald to replace retiring Judge Ronald Lee Gilman on the Sixth Circuit.  Judge Donald currently sits as a district court judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, to which she was appointed in 1995 by President Clinton. In announcing the … Continue Reading

Unlike District Judge in Sixth Circuit, Florida Judge Allows Health Care Law Challenge to Proceed

We previously reported on Tuesday that the Sixth Circuit may be the first Circuit to weigh in on the constitutionality of the new health care law after Judge George Steeh of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan upheld the mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance under the recently enacted Patient … Continue Reading

Sixth Circuit May Be First To Rule On New Health Care Law

It looks like the Sixth Circuit may become the first federal Circuit Court to review a constitutional challenge to the new health care law. Last Thursday, Judge George Steeh of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan upheld the constitutionality of the mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance, which is a central pillar of … Continue Reading
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