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Litigating Federal Health Care Legislation And The Interstices Of Procedure, Wendy Collins Perdue
Litigating Federal Health Care Legislation And The Interstices Of Procedure, Wendy Collins Perdue
University of Richmond Law Review
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The Ghost That Slayed The Mandate, Kevin C. Walsh
The Ghost That Slayed The Mandate, Kevin C. Walsh
Law Faculty Publications
Virginia v. Sebelius is a federal lawsuit in which Virginia has challenged President Obama's signature legislative initiative of health care reform. Virginia has sought declaratory and injunctive relief to vindicate a state statute declaring that no Virginia resident shall be required to buy health insurance. To defend this state law from the preemptive effect of federal law, Virginia has contended that the federal legislation's individual mandate to buy health insurance is unconstitutional. Virginia's lawsuit has been one of the most closely followed and politically salient federal cases in recent times. Yet the very features of the case that have contributed …