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BREAKING NEWS: Sixth Circuit Upholds Health Care Statute, Becoming the First Appellate Court to Rule on the Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate

If you have been following my blog posts for the last half year, you know I have been predicting that the Sixth Circuit was poised to become the first appellate court in the country to rule on the constitutional challenge to the mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance under the recently enacted Patient Protection … Continue Reading

Just Like in the Sixth Circuit, the Government Faces Sharp Questions from the Eleventh Circuit on the Constitutionality of the Health Care Statute

As we previously reported and analyzed, Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal was in Cincinnati, Ohio last week before the Sixth Circuit to argue the government’s position in the appeal 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.  … Continue Reading

Highlights and Analysis of Yesterday’s Sixth Circuit Oral Argument on Obama’s Health Care Statute

Outside on the downtown streets of Cincinnati yesterday, the city was alive with political and legal debates, including a spirited protest by members of the Cincinnati tea party.  That’s because inside Cincinnati’s federal courthouse, in a standing room only courtroom, the Sixth Circuit heard oral argument in the high-profile appeal involving a constitutional challenge to the … Continue Reading

The Big Day is Here – Sixth Circuit to Hear Oral Argument Tomorrow On the Challenge to the Health Care Statute

Tomorrow is the big day in the Sixth Circuit.  The Court will hear oral argument in the high-profile appeal 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 … Continue Reading

Sixth Circuit Requests (and Receives) Additional Arguments on the Challenge to the New Health Care Statute to be Heard One Week From Today

One week from today, the Sixth Circuit will hear oral arguments in the high-profile appeal 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. (Sixth Circuit, Case … Continue Reading

Sixth Circuit Announces Panel in Case Challenging Health Care Statute

As you know, for months now 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 … Continue Reading

Challenge To The Health Care Statute Will Be Heard By The Sixth Circuit on June 1, 2011

If you are a regular follower of our blog, you know that we have been closely tracking 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 … Continue Reading

Challenges To The Health Care Statute Are On The Fast Track In The Sixth Circuit And Elsewhere

We are continuing to follow 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. (Sixth Circuit, Case No. … Continue Reading

Sixth Circuit Expedites Oral Argument in Case Challenging Health Care Statute

For the last several 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

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

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

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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