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BREAKING NEWS: In Direct Conflict With the 6th Circuit, the 11th Circuit Rules That the Individual Mandate Under the Health Care Statute Is Unconsitutional

A divided Eleventh Circuit has just ruled 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 Opinion, State of Florida, et al. v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al. (Eleventh Circuit, Case No. 11-11021).  The Eleventh Circuit’s … 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

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

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
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