Contents tagged with constitutional challenge
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Edward White | 4:55 PM Jan. 28, 2013
ACLJ Files Opening Brief In Seventh Circuit HHS Mandate Appeal
Today, my ACLJ colleagues and I filed our opening brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in one of our challenges to the HHS Mandate. The Mandate requires most employers, under pain of penalty, to pay for employee health insurance that covers contraceptives, abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization, and related education and counseling. The Seventh Circuit will be considering our appeal on behalf of Cyril and Jane Korte and their family-owned construction company, ... Continue Reading
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Jay Sekulow | 8:33 AM Dec. 1, 2011
SCOTUS Urged to Consider ACLJ's ObamaCare Case
As I told you earlier this month, we were determining which course of action we would take in appealing our decision by a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C. upholding the constitutionality of a key part of ObamaCare. We have decided to appeal the decision by the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit directly to the Supreme Court of the United States, which already has scheduled to hear several challenges to ObamaCare. In its decision earlier ... Continue Reading
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Jay Sekulow | 3:43 PM Oct. 28, 2011
ObamaCare Follow-up: More Unpopular Than Ever; What's in a Name?
On the heels of our filing of a critical amicus brief at the Supreme Court on behalf of 105 members of Congress and more than 30,000 Americans opposing ObamaCare, comes some very interesting information that I wanted to share with you. A new poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation reveals that ObamaCare has hit an all-time low, thanks, in part to a surge in Democrats who now oppose this flawed health care law. Only 34% of Americans surveyed have a favorable view of ObamaCare, marking the lowest fa... Continue Reading
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Jay Sekulow | 10:18 AM Sep. 27, 2011
ObamaCare: One Step Closer to Supreme Court
There's been another step forward in having the United States Supreme Court hear the constitutional challenges to ObamaCare. As I told you last week, our legal team completed oral arguments in our federal lawsuit urging a federal appeals court in Washington to reinstate our lawsuit and declare the individual mandate, which forces Americans to purchase health insurance, unconstitutional. During the hearing, serious questions were raised about whether Congress overstepped its authority with Judge... Continue Reading