All You Need to Know for Florida v. Dept. of Health and Human Services (oral arguments for Obamacare)

(Thanks to Ken Halla's US Government Teacher's Blog)
Today the US Supreme Court began doing something unheard of as it will be listening to oral arguments over three days (as opposed to the usual 30 minutes per side) on FL v. Dept. of Health and Human Services also known as Obamacare's individual mandate (i.e. should people be required to have health insurance). Above is a summary of the case and here are the questions being considered. The Court likes to see similar cases in multiple districts and that is true here as you can see here. here Here is a list of the amicus curiae briefs for the case and here is the petition for the writ of certiorari.


One place you might want to go for the next three days is to the SCOTUS blog which has its own page on the topic. Another resource will be CSPAN which has its own page here.

As you watch this case argued before The Supremes and in the Court of Public Opinion, consider AP Government terms: judicial activism; judicial self-restraint; amicus curiae brief; writ of certiorari; judicial precedent; federal mandate; solicitor general; commerce clause; 10th amendment.

The Economist: A Guide to the Supreme Court Health Care Case