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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

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

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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