Supreme Court Allots 30 Extra Minutes for Healthcare Reform Oral Arguments

The Supreme Court has added 30 minutes to oral arguments on the tax law in relation to healthcare reform legislation, according to a Politico report.

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This addition was requested by the federal government, 26 states and a small-business group and increases time spent on the Anti-Injunction Act from 60 minutes to 90 minutes. If the court finds the tax law applies to the healthcare reform law, it would likely throw out the case against the individual mandate until after taxes are filed in April 2015, according to the report.

The total argument time is now six hours over three days in March. In addition to 90 minutes on the tax law, the oral arguments will include 120 minutes on the individual mandate, 90 minutes on severability and 60 minutes on Medicaid.

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