Affordable Care Act cases

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How did Chief Justice John Roberts interpret Congress’s commerce clause power in the Affordable Care Act cases?
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When did the U.S. Supreme Court decide the Affordable Care Act cases?
Which Affordable Care Act issue did the Supreme Court decline to review in the 2012 cases?
Which justices joined Chief Justice Roberts in upholding the individual mandate as a tax?
Which provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act were challenged in the 2012 Supreme Court cases?
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Which three cases made up the Affordable Care Act cases decided in 2012?
Why did Chief Justice Roberts conclude that the individual mandate could not be upheld under the commerce clause?
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Why did Hobby Lobby’s owners argue that the contraceptive mandate violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act?
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Why did the Supreme Court dismiss California v. Texas without deciding whether the individual mandate was constitutional?
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Affordable Care Act cases

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Affordable Care Act cases, set of three legal cases—Florida et al. v. Department of Health and Human Services et al.; National Federation of Independent Business et al. v. Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.; and Department of Health and Human Services et al. v. Florida et al.—in which the U.S. Supreme Court on June 28, 2012, upheld key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA; also called the...

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