The Tough Luck Constitution and the Assault on Health Care Reform

by Andrew Koppelman

Chief Justice John Roberts stunned the nation by upholding the Affordable Care Act--more commonly known as Obamacare. But legal experts observed that the decision might prove a strategic defeat for progressives. Roberts grounded his decision on Congress's power to tax. He dismissed the claim that it is allowed under the Constitution's commerce clause, which has been the basis of virtually all federal regulation--now thrown in doubt.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199970025
• ISBN13: 9780199970025
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.3"