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Commerce Games And The Individual Mandate, Leslie Henry, Maxwell Stearns
Commerce Games And The Individual Mandate, Leslie Henry, Maxwell Stearns
Maxwell L. Stearns
While the Supreme Court declined an early invitation to resolve challenges to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”), a recent split between the United States Courts of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (sustaining the PPACA’s “individual mandate”) and the Eleventh Circuit (striking it down) virtually ensures that the Court will decide the fate of this centerpiece of the Obama Administration’s regulatory agenda. Whatever the Court’s decision, it will likely affect Commerce Clause doctrine- and related doctrines - for years or even decades to come.
Litigants, judges, and academic commentators have focused on whether the Court’s “economic activity” tests, …
Building Public Health Law Capacity At The Local Level, Diane Hoffmann, Virginia Rowthorn
Building Public Health Law Capacity At The Local Level, Diane Hoffmann, Virginia Rowthorn
Diane Hoffmann
No abstract provided.
When Should Judges Admit Or Compel Genetic Tests?, Diane Hoffmann, Karen Rothenberg
When Should Judges Admit Or Compel Genetic Tests?, Diane Hoffmann, Karen Rothenberg
Diane Hoffmann
No abstract provided.
Medical Marijuana And The Law, Diane Hoffmann, Ellen Weber
Medical Marijuana And The Law, Diane Hoffmann, Ellen Weber
Diane Hoffmann
No abstract provided.
Compliance With Advance Directives: Wrongful Living And Tort Law Incentives, Holly Lynch, Michele Mathes, Nadia Sawicki
Compliance With Advance Directives: Wrongful Living And Tort Law Incentives, Holly Lynch, Michele Mathes, Nadia Sawicki
Nadia N. Sawicki
Modern ethical and legal norms generally require that deference be accorded to patients' decisions regarding treatment, including decisions to refuse life-sustaining care, even when patients no longer have the capacity to communicate those decisions to their physicians. Advance directives were developed as a means by which a patient's autonomy regarding medical care might survive such incapacity. Unfortunately, preserving patient autonomy at the end of life has been no simple task. First, it has been difficult to persuade patients to prepare for incapacity by making their wishes known. Second, even when they have done so, there is a distinct possibility that …