Health Care in the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court concluded oral arguments for Florida v. HHS, otherwise known as the Obamacare case, on March 28. We thought it would be helpful to provide a single page with videos of debates our chapters have held around the country as well as scholarly papers and podcasts produced by our members.

Practice Group Podcasts

Obamacare Daily Oral Argument Briefing - Monday
Featuring Prof. Randy Barnett
Obamacare Daily Oral Argument Briefing - Tuesday
Featuring Prof. Randy Barnett
Obamacare Daily Oral Argument Briefing - Wednesday
Featuring Prof. Randy Barnett
Health Care Decision: NFIB v. Sebelius
Featuring David B. Rivkin, Jr.
Upon Further Reflection: The Health Care Decision
Featuring Prof. Randy Barnett

SCOTUScasts

Coercion - Pre-Argument SCOTUScast
Featuring Prof. Richard A. Epstein and Mr. Michael Greve
Anti-Injunction - Post-Argument SCOTUScast
Featuring Prof. Kevin Walsh and Prof. Steve Johnson
Individual Mandate - Post-Argument SCOTUScast
Featuring Prof. Orin Kerr and Prof. Ilya Somin
Severability - Post-Argument SCOTUScast
Featuring Mr. David Rivkin and Mr. Ian Millhiser
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius - Post-Decision SCOTUScast
Featuring Prof. Randy Barnett and Prof. Neal Katyal

Multimedia

Fourth Annual Rosenkranz Debate: RESOLVED: Congress Acted Within Its Authority in Enacting the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Event Audio/Video - November 21, 2011 - Washington, DC
--Hon. Paul D. Clement, Partner, Bancroft PLLC and former U.S. Solicitor General
--Prof. Laurence H. Tribe, Carl M. Loeb University Professor, Harvard Law School

Obamacare in the Supreme Court - Event Audio/Video - March 20, 2012 - Washington, DC
--Prof. Randy E. Barnett, Georgetown University Law Center
--Hon. Walter Dellinger, O'Melveny & Myers
--Prof. Neal K. Katyal, Georgetown University Law Center
--Mr. C. Kevin Marshall, Jones Day

Was the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act a Proper Exercise of Congressional Authority Under the U.S. Constitution's Commerce Clause? - Event Audio - May 22, 2012 - Mineola, NY
--Prof. Leon Friedman, Hofstra University School of Law
--Ms. Deborah N. Misir, Lally & Misir, LLP

Healthcare Reform in the Supreme Court: An Insider Perspective on the Historic Constitutional Challenge to President Obama's Healthcare Legislation - Event Audio/Video - April 17, 2012 - Iowa Lawyers Chapter
--Hon. Gregory Katsas, Partner, Jones Day and Co-Lead Counsel for the Private Party Plaintiffs Challenging the Affordable Care Act

The Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act - Event Video - March 3, 2012 - hosted by C-SPAN.org
--Prof. Randy Barnett, Georgetown University School of Law
--Prof. Pamela Karlan, Stanford Law School

Is the Affordable Care Act Constitutional? - Event Audio/Video - February 22, 2012 - University of Pennsylvania Law School
--Prof. Richard Epstein, New York University School of Law
--Prof. Theodore Ruger, University of Pennsylvania Law School

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Event Audio/Video - March 10, 2011 - Florida Coastal School of Law
--Mr. Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

Debate on Obamacare - Event Audio - March 10, 2011 - University of California Berkeley School of Law
--Prof. Jesse H. Choper, Earl Warren Professor of Public Law, University of California School of Law
--Prof. Richard A. Epstein, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law, New York University School of Law

The Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate - Event Audio/Video - January 7, 2011 - San Francisco, CA
--Prof. Randy E. Barnett, Georgetown University Law Center
--Prof. Orin S. Kerr, The George Washington University Law School

Debating the Constitutionality of the Federal Health Care Legislation - Event Audio/Video - November 18, 2010 - Washington, DC
--Prof. Randy E. Barnett, Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Legal Theory, Georgetown University Law Center
--Hon. Richard Cordray, Ohio Attorney General
--Prof. Charles Fried, Beneficial Professor of Law, Harvard University Law School and former Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
--Mr. David B. Rivkin, Jr., Partner, Baker & Hostetler LLP

The Great Health Care Debate: Is Nationalized Health Care the Cure for America? - Event Audio/Video - February 16, 2010 - Indiana University Maurer School of Law
--Mr. Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
--Prof. Neville Cox, Trinity College Dublin School of Law
--Prof. David Fidler, Indiana University Maurer School of Law

2010 Health Care Reform Legislation - Event Audio/Video - January 27, 2010 - Nashville, TN
--Mr. Todd Gaziano, Director, Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, The Heritage Foundation
--Mr. Bill Young, General Counsel, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
--Hon. Paul Summers, former Attorney General of Tennessee

Scholarly Papers and Debates

Constitutional Implications of an “Individual Mandate” in Health Care Reform - July 10, 2009
--Peter Urbanowicz & Dennis G. Smith
Health Care Reform Online Debate - September 18, 2009
--Peter Urbanowicz, Alvarez & Marsal Healthcare Industry Group
--Tomothy S. Jost, Washington & Lee University School of Law
--William M. Sage, University of Texas School of Law
--John S. Hoff, Galen Institute
Individual Health Care Insurance Mandate Online Debate - November 3, 2009
--Erwin Chemerinsky, University of California, Irvine
--David B. Rivkin Jr., Baker & Hostetler LLP
Reconciliation and Health Care - March 10, 2010
--Martin Gold
Comparison of Conscience Provisions in Health Care Reform Bill - March 18, 2010
--William L. Saunders
Health Care Reform: Implications for the Intellectual Property Community - May 5, 2010
--David L. Applegate & Arthur Gollwitzer III
Florida Constitutional Challenge to Obamacare: It All Comes Down to Broccoli - January 11, 2012
--Karen Harned