Why Obamacare Could be Heading to the Supreme Court (Again)

Protesters gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the court hears it's third day of arguments on the constitutionality of President Obama's health care bill in Washington, D.C. on March 28, 2012.

Andrew Kloster, --August 13, 2015

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This past week, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, over the vigorous dissent of four judges on that court, denied rehearing en banc (legalese for an entire court rather than just a panel of three judges) in the case of Sissel v. United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Sissel is a case against Obamacare led by the Pacific Legal Foundation, arguing that Obamacare is invalid because it violated the Origination Clause. Now, the challengers have ninety days to file a writ of certiorari (an appeal) before the U.S. Supreme Court. More...

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