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Update on Coons v. Geithner 7 Jul 2012 | 02:24 am
This is the case in the District Court for the District of Arizona, brought by some members of the House of representatives, among others. The plaintiffs made two principal claims in their complaint: ...
Update on Goudy-Bachman v. HHS 4 Jul 2012 | 03:57 am
This is the case in which Judge Conner (M.D. Pennsylvania) declared the minimum coverage provision unconstitutional, and which the United States then appealed to the Third Circuit. The case has been o...
The Chief arrives in Malta 4 Jul 2012 | 03:44 am
A nice place to avoid any discussion of switches, leaks, fits of pique, or the taxing power.
Update on Physician Hospitals of America v. Sebelius 4 Jul 2012 | 03:37 am
This is the case that was argued back on April 3 in the Fifth Circuit, in which there was a brief kerfuffle about whether the administration still respected the federal judiciary's authority to declar...
Update on U.S. Citizens Association v. Sebelius 4 Jul 2012 | 03:05 am
This is the case currently pending in the Sixth Circuit which, because it challenges the constitutionality of the minimum coverage provision, was also put on hold pending the Supreme Court's decision....
Nothing yet in Kinder v. Geithner 4 Jul 2012 | 02:47 am
I just checked the Eighth Circuit's electronic docket through PACER, and there has been no movement on Kinder v. Geithner. This was the case orally argued October 20, and which has been stayed pending...
Cert denied in the four held cases 4 Jul 2012 | 02:13 am
As loyal reader Mark Regan has pointed out to me, the Supreme Court quietly on Friday issued an order list denying certiorari in all the ACA cases that were being held for NFIB v. Sebelius, HHS v. Flo...
A second "switch in time" 2 Jul 2012 | 02:11 am
By another Justice named Roberts. Jan Crawford, appearing this morning on CBS News's Face the Nation, is reporting this morning what most all of us have suspected. Specifically, two unnamed sources h...
A mega roundup 30 Jun 2012 | 12:17 am
I know I am missing a ton of interesting stuff out there, but here is my best shot. A list of interesting commentary and analysis after the jump (i.e., more reading than the 193 pages the justices the...
A Marbury for our time 29 Jun 2012 | 01:04 am
(Note: a revised version of this essay is now posted here at SCOTUSblog.) Chief Justice Roberts’s opinion held that the minimum coverage provision falls within Congress’s power to impose a tax, and t...
