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Why Virginia's Challenges To The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act Did Not Invoke Nullification, Robert S. Claiborne Jr. Mar 2012

Why Virginia's Challenges To The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act Did Not Invoke Nullification, Robert S. Claiborne Jr.

Law Student Publications

This comment's focus is to convincingly demonstrate that neither the General Assembly's Health Care Freedom Act nor the Commonwealth's constitutional challenge to the minimum essential coverage provision were exercises of nullification. Part II of this comment relates a brief history of the ACA's passage alongside the Virginia Health Care Freedom Act's enactment and the Attorney General of Virginia Ken Cuccinelli's suit against Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. Part III defines nullification and further explains it through the historical instances when Virginia has considered the doctrine. Part IV demonstrates that-far from nullifying the minimum essential coverage provision-Virginia has …


Litigating Federal Health Care Legislation And The Interstices Of Procedure,, Wendy Collins Perdue Jan 2012

Litigating Federal Health Care Legislation And The Interstices Of Procedure,, Wendy Collins Perdue

Law Faculty Publications

Forward to the 2012 Allen Chair Symposium issue, focused on the litigation challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("ACA").