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U.S. Government & Civics
Strongsville High School
Obama proposed health care reform in a joint session of Congress in Feb. 2009
Health care summits were heldObama signs the Health Care bill into law in
March, 2010
Senate Finance Committee holds hearingsSenate Health,Education, Labor and Pension
Committee recommends House Committee on Energy and Commerce
vote to send bill to full HouseDiscussions over several monthsNovember, House passes its versionDecember, Senate passes its version
March 2010, bill sent to President Obama for signature
Challenges are made to the validity of the law11th Circuit rules that parts are
unconstitutionalUS Court of Appeals rules that the law is
unconstitutionalSupreme Court agrees to hear arguments
SC extends the one hour oral arguments to 3 days and more that 5 hours of arguments
Issues addressed by the Court:1. Does the Anti-Injunction Act apply (an injunction is a court order to stop):
9-0 ruling that it does not apply
2. Can Congress compel an individual to buy a product? -government argued that, under the Congress’ Commerce Clause power, it is valid-Court ruled that ACA’s individual mandate unconstitutional 5-43. Government argued that the mandate could be upheld due to Congress’ power to “lay and collect taxes”-Court ruled that requiring a person to pay a penalty is reasonable
Supreme Court upheld a law proposed by the Executive Branch, passed (narrowly) by the Legislative Branch
Justice John Roberts stated: “It is not our role to forbid it or pass upon its wisdom” rather, because Congress is elected by the people, the Court should uphold, whenever possible, legislation