Friday, January 13, 2012

Amicus briefs supporting the constitutionality of the minimum coverage provision

I will update this post and link to additional briefs as I come across them:

* Brief of Health Care for All, Inc., Health Law Advocates, Inc., the Massachusetts Hospital Association, Inc., the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, Inc., Greater Boston Interfaith Organization, Inc., and Community Catalyst, Inc. as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners Urging Reversal on the Minimum Coverage Provision Issue

* Brief of Health Care Policy History Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners (Minimum Coverage Provision)

* Brief of Amici Curiae Jewish Alliance for Law & Social Action (JALSA), Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (JCUA), Jewish Social Policy Action Network (JSPAN), New England Jewish Labor Committee (JLC), and Professor Abigail R. Moncrieff in Support of Petitioners on the Individual Liberty Implications of the Minimum Coverage Provision

* Brief Amici Curiae of Prescription Policy Choices, Professors of Law, and Professors of Health Policy in Support of Petitioners on the Minimum Coverage Provision

* Brief Amici Curiae of State Legislators from All Fifty States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico Supporting Petitioners (Minimum Coverage Provision)

* Brief for Amici Curiae American Nurses Association; American Academy of Pediatrics; American Medical Student Association; Doctors for America; National Hispanic Medical Association; and the National Physicians Alliance in Support of Petitioners and Reversal on the Minimum Coverage Provision

* Brief of 104 Health Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners (Minimum Coverage Provision)

* Brief of Amicus Curiae the California Endowment in Support of Petitioners and in Favor of Reversal on the Minimum Coverage Provision

* Brief of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, and Congressional Leaders and Leaders of Committees of Relevant Jurisdiction as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners (Minimum Coverage Provision)

* Brief of Amici Curiae the American Cancer Society, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Diabetes Association, and American Heart Association, Supporting Petitioners Urging Reversal on the Minimum Coverage Provision Issue

* Brief on Behalf of Small Business Majority Foundation, Inc. ("SBM") and the Main Street Alliance ("MSA") as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners (Minimum Coverage Provision)

* Brief of the National Women's Law Center, et al. as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner on the Minimum Coverage Provision

* Brief of Young Invincibles as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner

* Brief for the American Hospital Association et al. as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners with Respect to the Individual Mandate

* Brief of Service Employees International Union and Change To Win as Amici Curiae Addressing the Minimum Coverage Provision Issue and Supporting Petitioners and Reversal

* Brief of the States of Maryland, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, New Mexico, New York, Oreogon, and Vermont, the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners (Addressing Minimum-Coverage Provision)

* Brief of Amicus Curiae, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Supporting Petitioners and Addressing Whether Enacting Minimum Coverage Provision of ACA Authorized by Article I)

* Amicus Brief of the Governor of Washington Christine Gregoire in Support of Petitioners (Minimum Coverage Provision)

* Brief of Child Advocacy Organizations as Amici Curiae in support of Petitioners on the Minimum Coverage Provision Question

* Brief of Amicus Curiae Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc., in Support of Petitioners (Minimum Coverage Provision)

* Brief of the American Association of People with Disabilities, the Arc of the United States, Breast Cancer Action, Families USA, Friends of Cancer Research, March of Dimes Foundation, National Breast Cancer Coalition, National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship, National Health Law Program, National Organization for Rare Diseases, National Senior Citizens Law Center, National Women's Health Network, the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance, and Voices for America's Children as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioners

* Brief of Constitutional Law Scholars as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners (Minimum Coverage Provision)

* Brief for LAMBDA Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., AIDS United, Asian & Pacific-Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Black AIDS Institute, Center for HIV Law and Policy, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, Gay & Lesbian Medical Association, HIV Medicine Association, HIV Prevention Justice Alliance, Latino Commission on AIDS, National Association of People with AIDS, National Center for Lesbian Rights, National Center for Transgender Equality, National Native American AIDS Prevention Center, U.S. P:ositive Women's Netword/World, and Treatment Access Expansion Project, as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioner on the Minimum Coverage Requirement Issue

* Brief of Constitutional Law and Economics Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners (Minimum Coverage Provision)

* Brief of Amici Curiae Economic Scholars in Support of Petitioners Urging Reversal on the Minimum Coverage Issue

* Brief of Amici Curiae NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., American Civil Liberties Union, and the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights in Support of Petitioners (Minimum Coverage Provision)

* Brief Amici Curiae of David R. Riemer and Community Advocates in Support of Petitioners on the Minimum Coverage Question

* Brief of Amicus Curiae Advocacy for Patients with Chronic Illness, Inc. in Support of Petitioners

(I am still trying to locate the briefs filed by Barry Friedman, Matthew Adler, et al. and CALPERS.) I just found them:

* Brief for Amicus Curiae California Public Employees' Retirement System in Support of Petitioner, Department of Health and Human Services (Minimum Coverage Provision)

* Brief of Law Professors Barry Friedman, Matthew Adler, et al., as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners and Reversal on the Minimum-Coverage Provision Issue

Here is a brief on the minimum coverage provision supporting neither party:

* Brief for the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati as Amicus Curiae in Support of Neither Party (Minimum Coverage Issue)

And here are two briefs in support of vacatur on the Anti-Injunction Act issue:

* Brief for Amici Curiae Tax Law Professors Supporting Vacatur (Anti-Inunction Act)

* Brief for Amici Curiae Mortimer Caplin and Sheldon Cohen Urging Vacatur on the Anti-Injunction Act Issue in Support of Neither Side

Many thanks to all of you who have these briefs my way.