[美國] 5-4：最高法院裁定健保改革法案合憲

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除國會強制各州擴展Medicaid被裁定違憲(比數7-2)，最高法院以微弱多數裁定健保改革法案ACA其他爭議條款合憲，強制購買條款被裁定為國會徵稅權。真正出乎意料的是，此次關鍵票是素來被認為保守的美國首席大法官約翰．羅伯茲。羅伯茲首席大法官與四位自由派大法官布瑞耶、卡根、金士堡與索托馬約組成微弱多數同意聯邦政府的論點，並且親自執筆判決書。而過去被認為是關鍵票的甘迺迪大法官則與史卡利亞、托馬斯與阿利托提出反對意見。 Jun 28, 10:17 AM EDT High court upholds key part of Obama health law By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul. The decision means the huge overhaul, still only partly in effect, will proceed and pick up momentum over the next several years, affecting the way that countless Americans receive and pay for their personal medical care. The ruling also hands Obama a campaign-season victory in rejecting arguments that Congress went too far in requiring most Americans to have health insurance or pay a penalty. Chief Justice John Roberts announced the court's judgment that allows the law to go forward with its aim of covering more than 30 million uninsured Americans. The justices rejected two of the administration's three arguments in support of the insurance requirement. But the court said the mandate can be construed as a tax. "Because the Constitution permits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness," Roberts said. The court found problems with the law's expansion of Medicaid, but even there said the expansion could proceed as long as the federal government does not threaten to withhold states' entire Medicaid allotment if they don't take part in the law's extension. The court's four liberal justices, Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor, joined Roberts in the outcome. Justices Samuel Alito, Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas dissented. "The act before us here exceeds federal power both in mandating the purchase of health insurance and in denying non-consenting states all Medicaid funding," the dissenters said in a joint statement http://goo.gl/nnJhp -- http://www.plurk.com/ncyc 英美影集、美國新聞、小說同人誌、動畫漫畫感想、瑣事與心情雜記 Plurk(試用) http://www.popo.tw/books/37398 連載的創作．缺乏人氣的PoPo專欄 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 114.32.131.92

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