A Conspiracy Against Obamacare: The Volokh Conspiracy and the Health Care Case pdf

Randy E. Barnett è professore di teoria giuridica alla Carmack Waterhouse presso il Georgetown University Law Center, dove insegna diritto costituzionale e contrattualistica. Dopo la laurea presso la Northwestern University e la Harvard Law School, ha processato molti casi di reato come procuratore presso l'ufficio del procuratore dello stato della contea di Cook a Chicago. È stato visiting professor presso la Northwestern e la Harvard Law School. Nel 2008 ha ricevuto una borsa di studio Guggenheim in Studi costituzionali. Nel 2004, Barnett è comparso davanti alla Corte Suprema degli Stati Uniti per discutere il caso della cannabis medica di Gonzalez v. Raich. Tiene conferenze a livello internazionale ed è apparso in programmi radiofonici e televisivi come CBS Evening News, PBS NewsHour, Talk of the Nation (NPR), Hannity & Colmes (FOX) e Ricki Lake Show. Ha tenuto le lezioni Kobe 2000 in giurisprudenza presso l'Università di Tokyo e l'Università Doshisha di Kyoto. La borsa di studio di Barnett comprende più di 80 articoli e recensioni, nonché 8 libri, tra cui Restoring the Lost Constitution: The Presumption of Liberty (Princeton, 2004), Constitutional Law: Cases in Context (Aspen 2008), Contracts Cases and Doctrine (Aspen, 4th ed. 2008) e La nostra costituzione repubblicana: garantire la libertà e la sovranità di noi persone (Broadside Books, 2016).

A Conspiracy Against Obamacare: The Volokh Conspiracy and the Health Care Case pdf da Randy Barnett

The debate over the Affordable Care Act was one of the most important and public examinations of the Constitution in our history. At the forefront of that debate were the legal scholars blogging at the Volokh Conspiracy, who engaged in a spirited, erudite, and accessible discussion of the legal issues involved in the cases - beginning before the law was even passed. Several of the Volokh bloggers played key roles in developing the constitutional arguments against the ACA. Their blog posts and articles about the Act had a significant impact on both the public debate and the legal arguments in the case. It was perhaps the first time that a blog affected arguments submitted to the United States Supreme Court on a major issue. In the process, the bloggers helped legitimize a new type of legal discourse. This book compiles the discussion that unfolded at the Volokh Conspiracy blog into a readable narrative, enhanced with new context and analysis, as the contributors reflect on the Obamacare litigation with the advantage of hindsight. The different bloggers certainly did not always agree with each other, but the back-and-forth debates provide momentum as the reader follows the development of the arguments over time. A Conspiracy Against Obamacare exemplifies an important new form of legal discourse and public intellectualism.