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President Barack Obama’s landmark healthcare law was up for debate March 26-28. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether the Affordable Care Act was constitutional.
On Tuesday, the high court focused on the individual mandate – the requirement that most Americans have health insurance. College of Law Professor Elizabeth Price Foley, who is a member of the Supreme Court Bar, was in the courtroom. The chair of the Institute for Justice, Foley is an expert in constitutional law and healthcare law. She is a frequent commentator on CNN, Fox News, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal.
Foley said on FIU’s Facebook page, “If Justice Kennedy is the key, the individual mandate seems to be in trouble. He pressed the government hard to explain how the mandate would affect individual liberty long term. He suggested it would affect the relationship between individuals and the federal government in a ‘fundamental way.’”
The litigator and author of The Tea Party: Three Principles and The Law of Life and Death sat down with FIU News to share her thoughts on the case. Check out the video below to hear more.
A ruling is expected in June. To hear audio recordings of the proceedings, visit the Supreme Court’s website.
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Unfortunately, this WILL be a 5-4 decision and this WILL be a political decision. It’s absolute rubbish to say the Court is not political when you have the four liberals voting for the law and the four conservatives voting against it. There is not one way to view the Constitution. And in fact, your view of how the Constitution should be interpreted is ultimately a political view. Creating laws should be left with Congress. The Court is injecting itself into a political decision and during an election year. Healthcare is unique – we all know that. It’s all around us; no one can escape it. After Wickard, any concerns over the limits of the Commerce Clause hold no water. The time to have concerned ourselves with that argument was back then. Its too late now. The distinction that conservatives (only) are pushing is this mandate distinction, yet the government mandates many things. No one can argue that healthcare needs reform. Other countries have made successful healthcare reforms wear all citizens have access to affordable healthcare. Its about time the US does so too. And we can do this while also cutting costs. It can be done. It should be done. It must be done.
Chair of the Institute for Justice & FIU Law Professor Elizabeth Foley attended the hearings on the Affordable Care Act http://t.co/vEGRDq3o
wait and see for the court’s decission…