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Right-To-Die, Bruce Morton Dec 2015

Right-To-Die, Bruce Morton

Bruce N. Morton

No abstract provided.


A Term To Remember: The Supreme Court And The Future Of Healthcare Reform, Steven Smith May 2015

A Term To Remember: The Supreme Court And The Future Of Healthcare Reform, Steven Smith

STEVEN R SMITH

No abstract provided.


How Obamacare’S Future Rests On A Single Clause, Alan E. Garfield Mar 2015

How Obamacare’S Future Rests On A Single Clause, Alan E. Garfield

Alan E Garfield

No abstract provided.


Corporate Law After Hobby Lobby, Lyman P. Q. Johnson, David K. Millon Jan 2015

Corporate Law After Hobby Lobby, Lyman P. Q. Johnson, David K. Millon

Lyman P. Q. Johnson

We evaluate the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial decision in the Hobby Lobby case from the perspective of state corporate law. We argue that the Court is correct in holding that corporate law does not mandate that business corporations limit themselves to pursuit of profit. Rather, state law allows incorporation for any lawful purpose. We elaborate on this important point and also explain what it means for a corporation to “exercise religion.” In addition, we address the larger implications of the Court’s analysis for an accurate understanding both of state law’s essentially agnostic stance on the question of corporate purpose and …


Corporate Law After Hobby Lobby, Lyman P. Q. Johnson, David K. Millon Jan 2015

Corporate Law After Hobby Lobby, Lyman P. Q. Johnson, David K. Millon

David K. Millon

We evaluate the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial decision in the Hobby Lobby case from the perspective of state corporate law. We argue that the Court is correct in holding that corporate law does not mandate that business corporations limit themselves to pursuit of profit. Rather, state law allows incorporation for any lawful purpose. We elaborate on this important point and also explain what it means for a corporation to “exercise religion.” In addition, we address the larger implications of the Court’s analysis for an accurate understanding both of state law’s essentially agnostic stance on the question of corporate purpose and …


Chief Justice Roberts' Individual Mandate: The Lawless Medicine Of Nfib V. Sebelius, Gregory Magarian Feb 2013

Chief Justice Roberts' Individual Mandate: The Lawless Medicine Of Nfib V. Sebelius, Gregory Magarian

Gregory P. Magarian

After the U.S. Supreme Court in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius held nearly all of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act constitutional, praise rained down on Chief Justice John Roberts. The Chief Justice’s lead opinion broke with his usual conservative allies on the Court by upholding the Act’s individual mandate under the Taxing Clause. Numerous academic and popular commentators have lauded the Chief Justice for his political courage and institutional pragmatism. In this essay, Professor Magarian challenges the heroic narrative surrounding the Chief Justice’s opinion. The essay contends that the opinion is, in two distinct senses, fundamentally …


Day 1: Health Law Experts Weigh In On The Supreme Court’S Review Of Federal Law, Chelsea Conaboy Mar 2012

Day 1: Health Law Experts Weigh In On The Supreme Court’S Review Of Federal Law, Chelsea Conaboy

Wendy E. Parmet

No abstract provided.