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Supreme Court 2011 Term (view source)

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*[[ObamaCare]]  
 
*[[ObamaCare]]  
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:*whether the Anti-Injunction Act prevents the courts from reviewing the constitutionality of ObamaCare at this time
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:*the Anti-Injunction Act did not prevent the courts from reviewing the constitutionality of ObamaCare at this time
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:*whether the individual mandate requiring nearly every adult to purchase health insurance is constitutional under the [[Commerce Clause]]
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:*by a 5-4 vote, "The individual mandate cannot be upheld as an exercise of [[Congress]]'s power under the [[Commerce Clause]]. ... In this case, however, it is reasonable to construe what Congress has done as increasing taxes ...."
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:*whether that provision may be severed from the remainder
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:*because the individual mandate was upheld, there was no need to consider whether it needs to be severed from the remainder
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:*whether the massive [[Medicaid]] expansion, which will require states to raise taxes for forgo federal Medicaid funding, is constitutional
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:*the Court held for the States against compelling them to expand Medicaid under ObamaCare
 
*a challenge to the [[Arizona]] [[illegal alien]] law
 
*a challenge to the [[Arizona]] [[illegal alien]] law
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*the constitutionality of the Stolen Valor Act
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*by a 6-3 vote, the Stolen Valor Act is held to be unconstitutional
 
*by a 5-4 vote, a mandatory prison sentence of life without parole for a crime committed by a 14-year-old was ruled unconstitutional
 
*by a 5-4 vote, a mandatory prison sentence of life without parole for a crime committed by a 14-year-old was ruled unconstitutional
 
*whether criminal defendants have a constitutional right to cross-examine the person who tested the [[DNA]] upon which the prosecution relies
 
*whether criminal defendants have a constitutional right to cross-examine the person who tested the [[DNA]] upon which the prosecution relies
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