NFIB v. Sebelius

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NFIB v. Sebelius is the landmark 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case that largely upheld the Affordable Care Act, notably ruling that its individual mandate could be sustained under Congress’s taxing power.

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instanceOf United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
landmark case ⓘ
areaOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
health law ⓘ
chiefJusticeAtDecision John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
citation 567 U.S. 519 ⓘ
commerceClausePluralityBy John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted Commerce Clause ⓘ
Necessary and Proper Clause ⓘ
Spending Clause ⓘ
Taxing and Spending Clause ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
decidingCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate 2012-06-28 ⓘ
dissentingOpinionBy Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
Antonin Scalia ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ
docketNumber 11-393 ⓘ
11-398 ⓘ
11-400 ⓘ
effect largely upheld the Affordable Care Act ⓘ
made Medicaid expansion effectively optional for states ⓘ
fullName National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius ⓘ
linked to: NFIB v. Sebelius
holding Anti-Injunction Act does not bar the suit ⓘ
Medicaid expansion as enacted is unconstitutionally coercive on the states ⓘ
individual mandate exceeds Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause ⓘ
individual mandate is a valid exercise of Congress’s taxing power ⓘ
remedy for Medicaid expansion is to bar withholding of existing Medicaid funds from nonconsenting states ⓘ
issue constitutionality of Medicaid expansion provisions ⓘ
constitutionality of the individual mandate ⓘ
scope of Congress’s Commerce Clause power ⓘ
scope of Congress’s Taxing Power ⓘ
joinedInCommerceClausePlurality Anthony M. Kennedy ⓘ
Antonin Scalia ⓘ
Clarence Thomas ⓘ
Samuel A. Alito Jr. ⓘ
joinedInMedicaidPlurality Elena Kagan ⓘ
Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
joinedInTaxPowerMajority Elena Kagan ⓘ
John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Sonia Sotomayor ⓘ
Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
medicaidOpinionPluralityBy John G. Roberts Jr. ⓘ
petitioner National Federation of Independent Business ⓘ
States challenging the Affordable Care Act ⓘ
relatedConcept coercion doctrine in Spending Clause jurisprudence ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
individual mandate ⓘ
shared responsibility payment ⓘ
relatedLegislation Affordable Care Act ⓘ
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ⓘ
linked to: Affordable Care Act
respondent Kathleen Sebelius ⓘ
respondentOffice Secretary of Health and Human Services ⓘ
separateOpinionBy Ruth Bader Ginsburg ⓘ
Stephen G. Breyer ⓘ
term October Term 2011 ⓘ

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