At 05:15 PM 11/3/2011, you wrote:
>I hate to break it to you Bill, but Virginia Thomas is not a member 
>of the US Supreme Court.
>
>Cheers,
>Peter Bowal
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk 
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>Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 3:57 PM
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>Subject: Affordable Health Care Act
>
>Only a couple of ALSB members have weighed in on the progress the 
>Affordable Health Care Act is making through the courts.  In the 
>State of Florida v. HHS, the 11th Circuit found the individual 
>mandate unconstitutional under the Commerce and Taxing authority of 
>Congress, but severable from other provisions of the act.  The 
>government argues that the act is supportable under the commerce 
>clause (and alternatively, tax), and that the Anti-Injunction Act 
>foecloses the plaintiffs' suit.  The 6th Circuit, recall, upheld the 
>individual mandate.
>
>One person referred me to Paul Ryan's health care proposal, but I've 
>yet to find it in the detail needed to compare to ObamaCare.  It may 
>be there, but I just haven't spent enough time looking.  How would 
>the Ryan proposal be financed, and how many of the 50 million 
>uninsured and 40 million inadequately insured be covered by Ryan?
>
>I'm going out on a limb and counting two votes against the 
>individual mandate already:  Clarence and Virginia Thomas.
>
>