Case: The Affordable Care Act Cases The blockbuster decision by the Court to uphold the controversial Individual Mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act relied on an argument that, until today, most of the media had entirely overlooked. During the last 10 minutes of Solicitor General Donald Verrilli’s argument in March on the Individual Mandate, … Continue reading The Winning Argument →

Case: The Affordable Care Act Cases The Court today issued a long, complex decision in the closely watched cases dealing with President Obama’s signature healthcare reform legislation. Oyez is working to assemble a simplified summary of the conclusion, but most provisions, including the controversial Individual Mandate, were upheld.

The Court doesn’t allow live broadcasts of its proceedings, and it won’t release the audio recordings of tomorrow’s opinion announcements until October, but you can still get play-by-play coverage of the Court’s decisions from our friends at SCOTUSblog, who will be live-blogging the Court’s session tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM EDT.

Case: The Affordable Care Act Cases The Court today announced that the final session of the 2011 term will be this Thursday, June 28. This almost certainly means the Court will rule then on the closely watched cases involving President Obama’s signature healthcare reform legislation.