Republicans Use Commerce Clause to Justify Their Own Health Care Legislation
Ken O’Brien
On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court will begin an unprecedented three days of oral arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”).
One of the key components of the Act is the “individual mandate” requiring all citizens to have health insurance.
In the prior week the Republican-dominated House of Representatives found themselves on the edge of an abyss that would have undermined the challenge of this component of the Act.
