The University of Utah next week will stage a preview of the U.S. Supreme Court proceedings concerning the Affordable Care Act, the controversial legislation overhauling health care.
The S.J. Quinney College of Law has invited two scholars to debate the constitutionality of the "individual mandate" to maintain minimum coverage and other key provisions of the law, viewed as the signature legislative accomplishment of the Obama administration.
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The event is part of the college’s annual Fordham debate on Monday, 12:15 p.m., in its Sutherland Moot Courtroom.
It is free and open to the public. Parking is available in the Rice-Eccles Stadium lot.
In April, Supreme Court justices will hear three days of oral arguments on the sweeping health care law. David Orentlicher of Indiana University will defend its constitutionality in Monday’s debate; Jonathan Adler of Case Western Reserve University will argue against it.
"The debate will challenge everyone’s preconceptions about what the court might do, and leave everyone more engaged in this tangled issue for the social safety net in the United States," said U. law professor Leslie Francis, who is moderating.
Adler is the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law and director of the Center for Business Law & Regulation at Case Western’s School of Law, where he teaches environmental, administrative and constitutional law.
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