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13 Jan, 2012

Cockle Printing’s Healthcare Litigation Forum

2019-03-18T18:47:49-05:00January 13th, 2012|

Today Cockle Printing posts two briefs filed in cases related to The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: David R. Riemer and Community Advocates have filed their Brief Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners on the Minimum Coverage Question in DHHS v. Florida, No. 11-398; and The Petitioners have filed their Reply Brief in Seven-Sky [...]

10 Jan, 2012

In defense of substantive due process

2012-01-10T19:52:05-06:00January 10th, 2012|

A lot of conservatives, and some libertarians, have made a point of attacking or ridiculing the legal theory of substantive due process. I think a lot of these criticisms are misleading, unfair, or misinformed—and I think that substantive due process is a valid legal theory, and one that is central to our [...]

9 Jan, 2012

Cockle Printing’s Healthcare Litigation Forum

2012-01-09T21:36:47-06:00January 9th, 2012|

Certain members of the United States Senate have filed their Brief as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners on the Issue of Severability in NFIB v. Sebelius, No. 11-393, and Florida v. DHHS, No. 11-400, and you can read it at the Cockle Printing website.

9 Jan, 2012

Cockle Printing’s Healthcare Litigation Forum

2012-01-09T21:33:58-06:00January 9th, 2012|

Certain members of the United States Senate have filed their Brief as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners on the Issue of Severability in NFIB v. Sebelius, No. 11-393, and Florida v. DHHS, No. 11-400, and you can read it here.

6 Jan, 2012

Healthcare Litigation Briefing Schedule

2019-03-18T18:47:49-05:00January 6th, 2012|

We have started filing briefs in the healthcare litigation cases, so I have reposted here Katie Collister's excellent discussion of the Court's scheduling order: Finally...A Briefing Schedule!  Last night the Supreme Court, in a rare departure from traditional practice, adopted a formal briefing schedule in the three vided Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act cases. [...]

6 Jan, 2012

Cockle Printing’s Healthcare Litigation Forum

2012-01-06T18:48:38-06:00January 6th, 2012|

Freedom Watch has filed its Amicus Brief on the Issue of Recusal or Disqualification of Justice Kagan in NFIB v. Sebelius, No. 11-393, and Floriday v. Dept. of Health and Human Services, No. 11-400, and you can read it at the Cockle Printing website.