An appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, has rejected two of the biggest challenges to the Affordable Care Act. The court says that the dispute over whether or not the federal government can require all Americans to purchase health insurance should be put off for three years, or until the first taxpayers are hit with a penalty for not purchasing health insurance. In August of 2011, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, in Atlanta, voted 2-1 that the individual mandate was unconstitutional. In other words, the three judge panel voted that the federal government did not have the right to require … Continue reading →

Recently, the eleventh circuit court of appeals decided that the individual mandate was unconstitutional. An aid from the Obama Administration has stated that this ruling “will not stand”. This issue seems as though it is destined to end up before the Supreme Court. The eleventh circuit court of appeals was asked to make a decision in regards to the individual mandate, which, in plain English, is the part of the Affordable Care Act that would require all Americans to purchase health insurance in 2014, (or to pay a fine if they choose not to do so). Previously, some lower courts … Continue reading →

An appeals court has ruled that what has been called the “Individual Mandate” is unconstitutional. In other words, the court has decided that the requirement that all Americans must purchase health insurance in 2014 should not be made into law. The court did not strike down the rest of the health reform laws, however. This is one of two major court cases that has something to do with the Affordable Care Act and health reform. In July, the Thomas More Law Center officially asked the Supreme Court to review the decision made by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, (which … Continue reading →

Judges from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit have ruled that it is constitutional for Congress to require all Americans to purchase health insurance in 2014. Two other courts still need to make their decision about this. This issue could, potentially, be taken up by the Supreme Court. A panel of three judges in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, in Cincinnati, Ohio, ruled on this case. There will be rulings on the same issue soon in the Fourth Circuit Court in Richmond, Virginia, and in the Eleventh Circuit Court in Atlanta, … Continue reading →

Today, a federal judge in Florida has ruled that the mandatory requirement that all Americans must purchase health insurance is unconstitutional. It is expected that the federal government will file for a stay, and that these kinds of court cases will eventually be heard by the Supreme Court. The ruling by Judge Roger Vinson, in Pensacola, Florida, today matches the ruling by Judge Henry E. Hudson in a similar court case. Both of those rulings are the opposite of how Judge George Steeh ruled, on yet another case, in Michigan, when he decided that the law that would require all … Continue reading →