Friday, September 09, 2011

Fourth Circuit -- John Doe v. Atty Gen USA

Anti-Injunction Act bars pre-enforcement challenge to ACA, as the penalty is a tax.

Concurrence: Concur, but if I reached merits, I would uphold the ACA as a legit exercise of plenary tax power.

Dissent - Mandate is not a tax - legislative history proves.  Would uphold ACA on merits.

Liberty University v. Timothy Geithner
Compiled by D.E. Frydrychowski, who is, not incidentally, not giving you legal advice.

Category tags above are sporadically maintained Do not rely. Do not rely. Do not rely.

Author's SSRN page here.