It's hard to miss the irony: Mary Brown, the lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case challenging the health care law, who claimed in court she "doesn't have insurance" and "doesn't want to pay for it," filed for bankruptcy in Florida last fall. Among the debts she and...

This week is shaping up to be an important one in the legal battle over the Affordable Care Act. Tuesday's decision from the DC Circuit Court of Appeals is a big win for supporters of the law. It's the third appellate court to reject challenges to the law....

For those of us who have followed in the footsteps of earlier generations and fought for progress for years, Friday's decision on the Affordable Care Act by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals feels familiar. Most major pieces of social legislation have been challenged in the courts, often...

We are on the brink of a crisis like nothing we've ever seen.

In three weeks, Congress will be faced with a choice: come to a sensible agreement with the president on how to address our deficit, or allow America to default on its debt, ruining our fragile economy, eliminating...

If you happened to be reading the Washington Post opinion pages last week, then you likely came across an op-ed co-authored by Republican Senator Rob Johnson (WI) and Republican pundit and former advisor to the McCain campaign, Douglas Holtz-Eakin.

At first glance, the piece, entitled "Coming Soon: A...

There's encouraging news out of Atlanta today for all Americans. The third hearing before the court of appeals left me feeling optimistic about the future of the Affordable Care Act.

But let's start from the beginning. There have been approximately two dozen suits filed against the Affordable Care Act's...

I think you'd be hard pressed to find any reasonable person who thinks reducing the federal deficit is a bad thing.

But don't be fooled by the Republican rhetoric on the budget. The House Republican proposal that was introduced by Representative Paul Ryan yesterday isn't really about reducing our national...

Yesterday afternoon, a third federal district judge ruled that the personal responsibility clause in the Affordable Care Act is indeed constitutional.

The American Center for Law and Justice filed the suit against the Justice Department on behalf of five individuals who refuse to buy insurance, claiming that the individual...

Yesterday afternoon, Judge Rodger Vinson, who has presided over the 26-state lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act, issued his ruling.

In a decision that constitutes radical judicial activism run amok, Judge Vinson declared the "individual mandate" portion of the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.

He then took the opportunity to...

Before the ink had dried on health reform's Affordable Care Act, and before key consumer protections (like ensuring people with pre-existing conditions are no longer denied health coverage) could take effect, right-wing attorneys general filed suit against the constitutionality of the legislation in federal court.

Led by Florida Attorney General...