On June 28, 2012, the Supreme Court issued an apparent landmark in constitutional history, NFIB v. Sebelius. In that decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, the Court reflected on the core meanings of the Commerce Clause, the Necessary and Proper Clause, the Tax Clause and the Spending Clause. The case was of keen importance not only to the public and politically, but to our basic understanding of the Constitution itself.
This panel assembles four commentators and participants in the litigation of the case. They will discuss the implications of the case for the Affordable Care Act, constitutional law doctrine, separation of powers, federalism, the internal dynamics of the Court, and the role of public sentiment in constitutional interpretation.