There is no better example of how conservative Justices on the Supreme Court get the Constitution’s text and history dead wrong than the Court’s cases giving states immunity from suit in federal court for violations of federal law.
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September, 2011
September 29, 2011
September 25, 2011
The Constitution’s text and history—in particular the Commerce Clause, the Taxing Power, and the Necessary and Proper Clause—give the federal government substantial power to enact a national solution to a national problem. A federal district court agreed, rejecting Seven-Sky’s challenge to Affordable Care Act. Seven-Sky appealed to the D.C. Circuit.
September 23, 2011
By David Gans, Director of CAC's Human Rights, Civil Rights and Citizenship Program
September 21, 2011
By David H. Gans, Director of the Civil Rights, Human Rights & Citizenship Program
September 9, 2011
By David H. Gans, Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights & Citizenship Program