A Conspiracy Against Obamacare [electronic resource] : The Volokh Conspiracy and the Health Care Case /
Barnett, R.author.
Adler, J.author.
Bernstein, D.author.
Kerr, O.author.
Kopel, D.author.
Somin, I.author.
Burrus, T.editor.
The Affordable Care Act debate was one of the most important and most public examinations of the Constitution in our history. At the forefront of that debate were the bloggers of the Volokh Conspiracy who, from before the law was even passed, engaged in a spirited, erudite, and accessible discussion of the legal issues involved in the case.
Cover; A Conspiracy Against Obamacare: The Volokh Conspiracy and the Health Care Case; Contents; Foreword; Notes; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Notes; Chapter 1: In the Beginning; Is Obamacare Constitutional?; Is Obamacare Unconstitutional?; Is Obamacare Unconstitutional?: Part Deux; Is Mandatory Health Insurance Unconstitutional?; Does a Federal Mandate Requiring the Purchase of Health Insurance Exceed Congress's Powers under the Commerce Clause?; Gonzales v. Raich and the Individual Mandate; Could an Individual Mandate Violate Article I, Section 9?
The Constitutionality of an Individual Mandate: A Reply to Senator Max BaucusThe Myth of an Expert Consensus on the Constitutionality of an Individual Health Insurance Mandate; Notes; Chapter 2: The Law Is Passed; Is Health Care Reform Constitutional?; Is the Tax Power Infinite?; Legal Action and Political Action as a Two-Track Strategy for Opposing Obamacare; What Are the Chances That the Courts Will Strike Down the Individual Mandate?; What Will Courts Do with the Individual Mandate?; Was the Individual Mandate a "Republican Idea"?
Inaccurate Legal Claim from the Democratic Governors AssociationAn Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen; A Better Question; Destroying the Constitution's Structure Is Not Constitutional; In What Sense Is the Personal Health Insurance Mandate "Unconstitutional"?; Quick Response to Randy on the Use of "Unprecedented"; In What Sense Is the Personal Health Insurance Mandate "Unconstitutional"? UPDATE; Drawing Lines in the Commerce Clause Debate on Health Care Reform; Deference and the Constitutionality of Health Care Reform; The Individual Mandate Is Unprecedented? So What?
Some Tentative Thoughts on the Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate under Current Supreme Court DoctrineNecessary and Proper Clause Doctrine and the Individual Mandate; More on the Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate; More on the Necessary and Proper Clause and the Health Care Mandate; If It's Necessary and Proper, then It's Proper: A Reply to Ilya; That Which Is "Necessary" Isn't Necessarily Proper; Notes; Chapter 3: The First Decisions; Michigan District Court Upholds Individual Mandate against Challenge by the Thomas More Law Center
Michigan District Judge Decides "Issue of First Impression"by Creating an "Economic Decisions" DoctrineThe Individual Mandate and Applying versus Inventing Doctrine; Some Additional Thoughts on the Michigan Decision Upholding the Individual Mandate; The End of All Lines around Congressional Powers?; Adding an "Act" to Overcome the Proposed Act/Omission Limitation on Federal Power; An Act/Omission Limitation on Federal Power over States?; More on the Proposed Act/Omission Distinctionand What It Means to "Mandate" an Act
District Court Upholds Individual Mandate against Challenge Filed by Liberty University
Includes index.
The Affordable Care Act debate was one of the most important and most public examinations of the Constitution in our history. At the forefront of that debate were the bloggers of the Volokh Conspiracy who, from before the law was even passed, engaged in a spirited, erudite, and accessible discussion of the legal issues involved in the case.
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