The case was brought to the high court by the conservative Thomas More Law Center after a three-judge panel from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 against the Center’s appeal, upholding the reform law.
The Supreme Court will review the brief and determine if it will hear the case. As noted by the Times, the high court is “particularly apt to hear cases on which the lower courts are divided.” However, it is more likely to hear cases where federal law is struck down as opposed to upheld, according to the report.
While the Court may determine the case is “an important question of federal law that has not been, but should be, settled by [the] court,” it may choose to wait until the other cases currently in appeals are ruled upon, according to the report.
Read the New York Times report on the healthcare reform challenge.
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