NFIB v. Sebelius

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:area gptkb:constitutional_law
health law
gptkbp:arguedDate 2012-03-27
2012-03-26
2012-03-28
gptkbp:citation 567 U.S. 519
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg
gptkb:Sonia_Sotomayor
gptkb:Elena_Kagan
gptkb:Stephen_Breyer
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date 2012-06-28
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy gptkb:Anthony_Kennedy
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Clarence_Thomas
gptkb:Samuel_Alito
gptkbp:docketNumber 11-393
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:National_Federation_of_Independent_Business_v._Sebelius
gptkbp:heldBy The individual mandate is constitutional as a tax.
Congress cannot coerce states into expanding Medicaid by threatening existing funding.
The Medicaid expansion provision is unconstitutional as written.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NFIB v. Sebelius
gptkbp:impact Upheld most provisions of the Affordable Care Act
Limited federal power under the Spending Clause
gptkbp:leader gptkb:John_Roberts
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:John_Roberts
gptkbp:petitioner gptkb:National_Federation_of_Independent_Business
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:King_v._Burwell
gptkb:California_v._Texas
gptkbp:relatedLegislation gptkb:Affordable_Care_Act
gptkbp:response gptkb:Kathleen_Sebelius
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act
Medicaid expansion
individual mandate
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:National_Federation_of_Independent_Business_v._Sebelius
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5