Healthcare

Healthcare

Patricia Ann Millett | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Editor: Is it surprising that the Court failed to uphold the ACA on the basis of the Commerce Clause – the underpinning since the ’30s for upholding broad federal powers? Millett: Surprising? Not really, given the strong jurisprudential support for limiting congressional power on...

Healthcare

Douglas A. Grimm, Mark E. Chopko | Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

On June 28, 2012, the United States Supreme Court largely upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (the ACA). The keystone of the ACA is the required extension of health insurance to 30 million uninsured Americans. Crucial to funding this expansion in...

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Michael Carvin | Jones Day

Editor: Would each of you discuss your respective practice areas? You have both represented litigants in landmark cases before the Supreme Court. In describing your practice, please mention a few of these more recent cases. Katsas: I have a general civil and appellate practice involving...