National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius

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Properties (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal case
gptkbp:caseTypes Constitutional law
11-393
gptkbp:court gptkb:National_Federation_of_Independent_Business
The individual mandate was upheld as a tax.
Medicaid_expansion_was_struck_down.
Sebelius,_Secretary_of_Health_and_Human_Services
gptkbp:date March 26-28, 2012
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
June 28, 2012
gptkbp:firstClaim Influenced future health care legislation.
gptkbp:historical_analysis Extensively analyzed in legal scholarship.
gptkbp:historicalContext Part_of_the_legal_challenges_to_the_Affordable_Care_Act.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius
gptkbp:impact Health_care_policy_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:judges gptkb:Justice_Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Justice_Samuel_Alito
4-5
Justice Clarence Thomas
gptkbp:legalStatus Affordable Care Act
Commerce Clause interpretation
States'_rights
Taxing_power_of_Congress
Struck_down_the_mandatory_Medicaid_expansion.
Upheld_the_constitutionality_of_the_Affordable_Care_Act's_individual_mandate.
gptkbp:mediaCoverage Significant media coverage during and after the decision.
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Health_Care_and_Education_Reconciliation_Act_of_2010
gptkb:Affordable_Care_Act_(ACA)
gptkbp:notableFeature 567 U.S. 519 (2012)
gptkbp:outcome Partially upheld, partially struck down
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Chief_Justice_John_Roberts
5-4
gptkbp:precedent Federal government's power to regulate health care
gptkbp:publicAccess Mixed reactions from the public and politicians.
gptkbp:relatedPatent gptkb:King_v._Burwell
gptkb:California_v._Texas
NFIB_v._Sebelius,_567_U.S._519_(2012)
gptkbp:significance Constitutionality of the individual mandate