Obamacare Daily Oral Argument Briefing - Monday - Podcast
Federalism & Separation of Powers Practice Group Podcast
Federalism & Separation of Powers Practice Group Podcast
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Obamacare Daily Oral Argument Briefing - Monday - MP3
Running Time: 00:44:58
On Monday, March 26, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Florida v. HHS, perhaps better known as the Affordable Care Act case or the Obamacare case. The federal courts below split on the constitutionality of the health care reform act. Monday's arguments focused on the Anti-Injunction Act, and whether and to what extent it might control the outcome of the case. Professor Randy Barnett attended Monday's oral arguments and reported from the Courthouse steps on exactly what transpired. What was the focus of the inquiry of the various justices? Who asked the most pointed questions? What is expected in Tuesday's oral argument focusing on the constitutionality of the individual mandate? Professor Barnett discussed these and other questions in this special Teleforum call.
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Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law, Georgetown University Law Center
Randy Barnett is the Patrick Hotung Professor of Constitutional Law at Georgetown University Law Center. He has argued before the United States Supreme Court, tried murder cases to juries as a prosecutor in Chicago, and appeared as a prosecutor in the feature film Inalienable. He is the author of numerous books, including Restoring the Lost Constitution, The Structure of Liberty, Our Republican Constitution, and The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment. He has published two memoirs, A Life for Liberty: The Making of an American Originalist, and Felony Review: Tales of True Crime and Corruption in Chicago. He is currently working on a new book, Freedom and Flourishing: Libertarianism for the Real World.
Executive Vice President, The Federalist Society
Dean Reuter is Executive Vice President at the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies. He has served in two federal government agency Offices of the Inspector General, as Counsel to the Inspector General and Deputy Inspector General, responsible for policing the use of federal funds granted and contracted through those agencies. As such, he helped conduct and oversee criminal investigations across the country. He is the principal author of the non-fiction book, The Hidden Nazi: The Untold Story of America's Deal with the Devil, and editor of Liberty’s Nemesis: The Unchecked Expansion of the State and Confronting Terror: 9/11 and the Future of American National Security. He was appointed by the President and served as Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service, and recently served as an appointee on the U.S. Commission on Presidential Scholars. He is a graduate of Hood College (BA with Honors) and the University of Maryland School of Law.