NFIB v. Sebelius

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United States Supreme Court case landmark case

NFIB v. Sebelius is the landmark 2012 U.S. Supreme Court case that largely upheld the Affordable Care Act, notably ruling that its individual mandate could be sustained under Congress’s taxing power.

Aliases (2)

National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius ×9
the Supreme Court did not reach the merits of the constitutional challenge to the individual mandate ×1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case → landmark case →
areaOfLaw	constitutional law → health law →
chiefJusticeAtDecision	John G. Roberts Jr. →
citation	567 U.S. 519 →
commerceClausePluralityBy	John G. Roberts Jr. →
constitutionalProvisionInterpreted	Commerce Clause → Necessary and Proper Clause → Spending Clause → Taxing and Spending Clause →
country	United States →
decidingCourt	Supreme Court of the United States →
decisionDate	2012-06-28 →
dissentingOpinionBy	Anthony M. Kennedy → Antonin Scalia → Clarence Thomas → Samuel A. Alito Jr. →
docketNumber	11-393 → 11-398 → 11-400 →
effect	largely upheld the Affordable Care Act → made Medicaid expansion effectively optional for states →
fullName	National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius →
holding	Anti-Injunction Act does not bar the suit → Medicaid expansion as enacted is unconstitutionally coercive on the states → individual mandate exceeds Congress’s power under the Commerce Clause → individual mandate is a valid exercise of Congress’s taxing power → remedy for Medicaid expansion is to bar withholding of existing Medicaid funds from nonconsenting states →
issue	constitutionality of Medicaid expansion provisions → constitutionality of the individual mandate → scope of Congress’s Commerce Clause power → scope of Congress’s Taxing Power →
joinedInCommerceClausePlurality	Anthony M. Kennedy → Antonin Scalia → Clarence Thomas → Samuel A. Alito Jr. →
joinedInMedicaidPlurality	Elena Kagan → Stephen G. Breyer →
joinedInTaxPowerMajority	Elena Kagan → John G. Roberts Jr. → Ruth Bader Ginsburg → Sonia Sotomayor → Stephen G. Breyer →
majorityOpinionBy	John G. Roberts Jr. →
medicaidOpinionPluralityBy	John G. Roberts Jr. →
petitioner	National Federation of Independent Business → States challenging the Affordable Care Act →
relatedConcept	coercion doctrine in Spending Clause jurisprudence → federalism → individual mandate → shared responsibility payment →
relatedLegislation	Affordable Care Act → Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act →
respondent	Kathleen Sebelius →
respondentOffice	Secretary of Health and Human Services →
separateOpinionBy	Ruth Bader Ginsburg → Stephen G. Breyer →
term	October Term 2011 →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Affordable Care Act ("National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius") → Public Law 111-148 ("National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius") →	subjectOf
11-400 ("National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius") →	caseName
Printz v. United States →	citedIn
NFIB v. Sebelius ("National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius") →	fullName
California v. Texas ("the Supreme Court did not reach the merits of the constitutional challenge to the individual mandate") →	holding
Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution →	keyCase
Affordable Care Act ("National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius") →	legalChallenge
John G. Roberts Jr. ("National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius") →	notableCase
Stephen G. Breyer ("National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius") →	notableCaseParticipation
National Federation of Independent Business ("National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius") →	partyTo
11-400 ("National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius") →	refersToCase
King v. Burwell →	relatedCase
Taxing and Spending Clause →	significantCase