The other 'March Maddness'

'The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would devote three days in late March to hearing arguments in challenges to the 2010 health care overhaul law. A decision in the case is expected by the end of June'.

'On March 26, the court will hear arguments on the threshold issues of whether a federal law called the Anti-Injunction Act makes challenges to the mandate premature until 2015'.

'The court put aside two hours on March 27 for arguments on the central issue in the case, whether Congress exceeded its constitutional authority in requiring people to buy insurance or pay a penalty. The provision is often called the individual mandate; the announcement called it the minimum coverage provision'.

'The court will hear arguments on two issues on March 28. First, it will consider for 90 minutes whether the provision may be severed from the balance of the statute. That is what the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit held when it struck down the provision'.

'The court will also hear an hour of argument on March 28 on whether Congress was entitled to expand the scope of Medicaid'.
From : http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/supreme-court-to-hear-health-care-case-in-late-march/