The language of the Constitution itself has been absent from coverage of the Supreme Court's hearings on Obamacare. Here's a refresher. The Supreme Court case that may determine the fate of the ...

Two constitutional provisions at issue in the health-care challenges are the “necessary and proper” clause and the commerce clause. Necessary and proper clause: Congress has the power to "make all ...

A number of U.S. states that have legalized the sale of marijuana are being sued by companies that have not entered the legal market, using the Constitution's dormant commerce clause as their basis ...

March 2 marks the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Gibbons v. Ogden. Decided in 1824, Gibbons was the first major case in the still-developing jurisprudence regarding the ...

In declaring unconstitutional the new requirement for Americans to buy health insurance, federal Judge Henry Hudson rests his decision on one of the most widely applied clauses in the Constitution.

Summer is upon us. Soon, the Supreme Court will release its final opinions of the term and go into recess, leaving those of us in the legal tech world to resume the activity that occupied most of ...

The surprise this morning, aside from the fact that the Affordable Care Act survived, is how the court majority reached its conclusion, especially as it relates to the individual mandate. The ...

On Monday, Virginia became the first state to declare a portion of the health care overhaul unconstitutional. Judge Henry Hudson ruled that the portion of the law that mandates that U.S. citizens be ...

Under the Maryland Cannabis Reform Act, resident social equity licensees may receive financial assistance with startup capital and operational costs for growers, processors, and retailers. Maryland ...

There are no words that cause raw milk advocates more heartburn than these: “The Congress shall have Power …To regulate Commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with Indian ...

Amy Dru Stanley is a history professor at the University of Chicago and the author of the forthcoming book “The Antislavery Ethic and the Spirit of Commerce: An American History of Human Rights.” For ...