The Supreme Court will likely rule on the Affordable Care Act in the summer of 2012, just months before the election. If they uphold the constitutionality of the law, that could be a modest political win for the Obama campaign. It would serve to undercut the Republican attack that the law was an “unconstitutional” government [...]

The Department of Justice today filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to review an appellate court’s ruling that struck down the Affordable Care Act. From the Justice Department blog: The Department of Justice filed a cert petition today asking the Supreme Court to review the 2-1 decision of the Court of Appeals for the [...]

The constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act seems headed for an earlier review by the Supreme Court than some expected.   A decision by the Administration to bypass an intermediate appeal from an adverse decision by a three-judge panel of the 11th Circuit Court means it’s now possible the Supreme Court could rule on the [...]