5th Circuit Hastens Along ACA Constitutionality Challenge

Mealey's (April 11, 2019, 11:48 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeal ordered expedited oral arguments April 10 after receiving nearly two dozen briefs from a diverse group of amici urging it not to strike down the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) simply because Congress zeroed out the individual mandate penalty (Texas, et al. v. U.S.A., et al., No. 19-10011, 5th Cir.)....