U.S. Supreme Court: Florida v. Health & Human Services (HHS)

Thanks to the American Legislative Exchange Council for pointing out a list of key dates for when the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will consider Florida v. HHS*, the lawsuit regarding the federal health care reform law known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).                                                 

BRIEFING SCHEDULE

January 27: Deadline for the government to file its brief on PPACA’s severability

February 3: Deadline for amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) briefs supporting the government on PPACA’s severability

February 6: Deadline for plaintiff states/NFIB to file reply briefs to the government and its amici on PPACA’s individual mandate

February 10: Deadline for the government’s brief responding to the plaintiff states on PPACA’s Medicaid expansion

February 13: Deadline for amicus briefs supporting the plaintiff states/NFIB on their challenge to PPACA’s individual mandate

February 17: Deadline for the PPACA severability brief from SCOTUS-appointed amicus counsel, H. Bartow Farr III

February 17: Deadline for amicus briefs supporting the government on PPACA’s Medicaid expansion

February 24: Deadline for amicus briefs supporting the SCOTUS-appointed amicus counsel on PPACA’s severability

February 27: Deadline for NFIB’s reply brief on whether the federal Anti-Injunction Act precludes SCOTUS from hearing the case before the individual mandate’s penalties take effect in 2015

March 7: Deadline for the government’s reply brief on PPACA’s individual mandate

March 12: Deadline for the SCOTUS-appointed amicus counsel’s reply brief on the federal Anti-Injunction Act

March 12: Deadline for the plaintiff states’ reply brief on PPACA’s Medicaid expansion

March 13: Deadline for the plaintiff states/NFIB/government to file reply briefs on PPACA’s severability

ORAL ARGUMENT SCHEDULE

March 26, 10:00-11:00 a.m.: Oral argument on whether the federal Anti-Injunction Act applies to this case

March 27, 10:00 a.m.-Noon: Oral argument on PPACA’s individual mandate

March 28, 10:00-11:30 a.m.: Oral argument on PPACA’s severability

March 28, 1:00-2:00 p.m.: Oral argument on PPACA’s Medicaid expansion

For the latest news and analysis on the health care lawsuit, be sure to visit the ACA Litigation Blog and the Independent Women’s Forum’s HealthCareLawsuits.org.