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The Tough Luck Constitution and the Assault on Health Care Reform.

Chief Justice John Roberts stunned the nation by upholding the Affordable Care Act--more commonly known as Obamacare. In The Tough Luck Constitution and the Assault on Health Care Reform, Andrew Koppelman explains how the Court's conservatives embraced the arguments of a fringe libertarian lega...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Koppelman, Andrew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cary : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Chief Justice John Roberts stunned the nation by upholding the Affordable Care Act--more commonly known as Obamacare. In The Tough Luck Constitution and the Assault on Health Care Reform, Andrew Koppelman explains how the Court's conservatives embraced the arguments of a fringe libertarian legal movement bent on eviscerating the modern social welfare state. They instead advocate what Koppelman calls a ""tough luck"" philosophy: if you fall on hard times, too bad for you. He argues that the rule they proposed--that the government can't make citizens buy things--has nothing to do with the Consti.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (195 pages)
ISBN:9780199970032
0199970033