Supreme Court Gets Into The Act On Health Care Reform
The table now is set for the last chapter in our long (and, to many, excruciating) debate over the constitutionality of the health care reform legislation enacted in 2010. At a conference last Thursday, November 10, the members of the United States Supreme Court voted to consider an appeal of one of the lower court decisions dealing with the constitutionality of the landmark legislation. Oral arguments likely will be scheduled for March, 2012 (ironically around the two year anniversary of the passage of the legislation). In turn, a decision is expected around the end of the Court’s session in June, 2012. Even those astute Americans who have been trying (perhaps without much success) to ignore the political rumblings and stumblings as the presidential primary season dawns acknowledge the potential impact a decision on the health care legislation can have during the midst of a presidential election. This might get really interesting.
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