President Barack Obama (Pic by The White House, via Flickr)
The Supreme Court announced today that its hearings in the lawsuit challenging the new federal health care reform law will begin on March 26 and will last three days.
Florida is leading the legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act, a suit that includes 25 other states.ย State officials have argued that the alleged unconstitutionality of the individual mandate is grounds for striking the bill in its entirety. That argument has not been upheld in lower court decisions.
Both parties have worked actively to make sure that the Supreme Court is able to reach its decision before the 2012 presidential election.
The Wall Street Journal reports thatย the โmain partโ of the hearing โwill take place on Tuesday, March 27, with a two-hour argument over the minimum-coverage provision, which starting in 2014 will require most Americans to carry health insurance.โ
