C-Span Has Audio of Supreme Court Hearing: ABA Survey Predicts A 6-3 Split on Patient Protection and Affordable Coverage Act
C-Span is running audio of Monday's hearing on the Patient Protection and Affordable Coverage Act. Tuesday's audio. Wednesday Audio (1); Wednesday Audio (2)
The SCOTUS decision is expected to come down in late June, 2012.
"Beginning today, the US Supreme Court holds oral arguments in the multi-state healthcare lawsuit. The Court considers whether the federal Anti-Injunction Act is relevant to the Affordable Care Act and if so, does the Court have jurisdiction? The Anti-Injunction Act prohibits the Courts from striking down tax laws before they take effect.
"The 26 states in the lawsuit before the Supreme Court are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming."
Audio Released of Health Care Oral Argument
The consensus of more than a dozen US Supreme Court and health-law experts responding to a recent online questionnaire was that the justices will rule 6-3 in favor of upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
The American Bar Association’s Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases magazine, which provides expert analysis of all high court arguments, published the highlights of the responses from lawyers, journalists and academics in a special edition of the magazine “Health Care and the High Court.” The Supreme Court has heard six hours of legal arguments on the constitutionality of the act over three days from March 26-28.
The Preview of United States Supreme Court Cases magazine is available here.