NFIB v. Sebelius (11-393)

Question

Is the suit brought by respondents to challenge the minimum coverage provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act barred by the Anti-Injunction Act, 2 U.S.C. 7421(a)?

Does Congress have power under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, specifically under the Commerce Clause or the Taxing and Spending Clause, to require most Americans to purchase health insurance?

Is the individual mandate severable from the ACA?

Did Congress exceed its enumerated powers and violate principles of federalism when it pressured States into accepting conditions that Congress could not impose directly by threatening to withhold all federal funding under Medicaid, the single largest grant-in-aid program?

Petitioner: National Federation of Independent Business, et al.

Respondent: Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.

Granted: 2011-11-14 00:00:00

Decided: 2012-06-28 00:00:00

Argued: 2012-03-28 10:19:00

Uploaded: 2018-05-11 17:00:00

Advocates: Paul D. Clement, Edwin S. Kneedler, H. Bartow Farr, III

Links: Oyez | Opinion | Youtube

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