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Thu 12 Jul, 2012

Professors Carolyn Shapiro and Sheldon Nahmod weigh in on the meaning and impact of the Court's complicated ruling in the Affordable Care Act cases.

Thu 28 Jun, 2012

Below, Prof. Sheldon Nahmod summarizes today's complicated decision. Prof. Nahmod has also posted some additional thoughts on the opinion on his blog, NahmodLaw. Additionally, Oyez has posted its plain-English summary of the Court's ruling.

Thu 28 Jun, 2012

With the momentous opinions this week in the Affordable Care Act cases and the Arizona immigration case, we've already received requests to post the bench statements by the justices. Unfortunately, the Court does not release recordings of these sessions to the National Archives until the beginning of the following term, usually sometime in October. We will transcribe and post the announcement recordings when we receive them later this year.

Thu 28 Jun, 2012

Carolyn Shapiro, frequent Oyez contributor and director of the Institute on the Supreme Court of the United States, appeared on Chicago Tonight yesterday evening. When asked about the outcome, she correctly predicted the Court would uphold the individual mandate.

Thu 28 Jun, 2012

The blockbuster decision by the Court to uphold the controversial Individual Mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act relied on an argument that, until today, most of the media had entirely overlooked.