The Health Care Case (Paperback)

Nathaniel Persily

ISBN 10: 0199301069 / ISBN 13: 9780199301065

Published by Oxford University Press Inc, New York, 2013

About this Item

Paperback. The Supreme Court's decision in the Health Care Case, NFIB v. Sebelius, gripped the nation's attention during the spring of 2012. No one could have predicted the strange coalition of justices and arguments that would eventually lead the Court to uphold the Affordable Care Act's principal provisions. The constitutional case against the ACA was originally written off as frivolous, but after oral argument at the Court, many predicted that the unthinkable had nowbecome likely. When the Supreme Court delivered its complicated and fractured decision, it offered new interpretations to four different clauses in the Constitution. This volume gathers together reactionsto the decision from an ideologically diverse selection of the nation's leading scholars of constitutional, administrative, and health law. They offer novel insights into the meaning of the health care decision for President Obama, the Roberts Court, and the debate over constitutional interpretation. The Supreme Court's decision in the Health Care Case, NFIB v. Sebelius, gripped the nation's attention during the spring of 2012. This volume gathers together reactions to the decision from an ideologically diverse selection of the nation's leading scholars of constitutional, administrative, and health law. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Health Care Case (Paperback)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199301069
• ISBN 13: 9780199301065
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The Supreme Court's decision in the Health Care Case, NFIB v. Sebelius, gripped the nation's attention during the spring of 2012. No one could have predicted the strange coalition of justices and arguments that would eventually lead the Court to uphold the Affordable Care Act's principal provisions. The constitutional case against the ACA was originally written off as frivolous, but after oral argument at the Court, many predicted that the unthinkable had now become likely. When the Supreme Court delivered its complicated and fractured decision, it offered new interpretations to four different clauses in the Constitution. This volume gathers together reactions to the decision from an ideologically diverse selection of the nation's leading scholars of constitutional, administrative, and health law. They offer novel insights into the meaning of the health care decision for President Obama, the Roberts Court, and the debate over constitutional interpretation.

About the Author

Nathaniel Persily is the Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law and Political Science at Columbia Law School.

Gillian Metzger is the Vice Dean and Stanley H. Fuld Professor of Law at Columbia Law School.

Trevor Morrison is the Liviu Librescu Professor of Law at Columbia Law School.