Sunday, March 25, 2012

U.S. Supreme Court Devoting 3 Days this Week to Hear Arguments over the Constitutionality of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Supreme Court of the United States


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What's New

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act oral argument audio and transcript links will be posted here following the argument sessions on March 26th, 27th, and 28th. Further information is available at this link.

The orders, briefs, and other information regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act cases are available at this link.

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Cases

Listed below are live links to the orders, case filings, and other information pertaining to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act cases. Click on each item to access further information.

Orders
11-14-11 Grant Order
11-18-11 Amici Appointment Order
12-08-11 Briefing Schedule
02-21-12 Allocation of Oral Argument Time
Case Filings
11-117 Thomas More Law Center, et al., v. Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, et al.
Petition for Writ of Certiorari
Brief in Opposition
Reply Brief
11-393 National Federation of Independent Business, et al., , v. Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari
Appendix to Petition
Brief in Opposition
The American Bar Association has provided a link to the briefs at the merits stage of this case at this link.*
11-398 Department of Health and Human Services, et al., v. Florida, et al.
Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
Appendix to Petition
Brief of Private Respondents
Brief of State Respondents
Reply Brief
The American Bar Association has provided a link to the briefs at the merits stage of this case at this link* for the Anti-Injunction Act issue and this link* for the Minimum Coverage Provision issue.
11-400 Florida, et al., v. Department of Health and Human Services, et al.
Petition for Writ of Certiorari
Brief in Opposition
Reply Brief
The American Bar Association has provided a link to the briefs at the merits stage of this case at this link.*
11-420 Virginia, ex rel. Kenneth T. Cuccinelli, II, Attorney General of Virginia v. Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services
Petition for Writ of Certiorari
Brief in Opposition
11-438 Liberty University, et al., v. Timothy F. Geithner , Secretary of the Treasury, et al.,
Petition for a Writ of Certiorari
Brief in Opposition
Reply Brief

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Saturday, March 24, 2012

NCAA Wrestling Championship: "The World Turned Upside Down"


One of those useless pieces of Cliff Claven trivia that I have stored in my head since childhood is that as the British General Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, the British army band struck up the then 100 year old plus protest song "The World Turned Upside Down".

So this past week as I watched a small Pennsylvania college, Lehigh, known mainly for its choreography for the expression of male on male love i.e. "wrasslin" take apart one of the most lauded basketball programs in the country, the alma matter of Tricky Dick and the home of the NCAA Champion Lacrosse rape squad, Duke, all I could think of was: what the f___ next?

Well it did not take long to receive my answer: Penn State (prison), aka the Happy Valley Hojos, aka Sandusky's Raiders, win the NCAA Wrestling Championship for the second year in a row!

The University of Minnesota Wrestling team led by Coach J Robinson finished a respectable second, but then again, the Nittany Lions ?

I mean where were the OSU Reverse Cowgirls?