WHEN: Monday, March 26, 2012, 12:15 – 1:30 PM(The same day as oral arguments begin before the Supreme Court in cases challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act)
WHAT: Discussion, "Constitutionality of the Individual Mandate"
WHO: Leslie Meltzer Henry, M.Sc., J.D., Assistant Professor of Law, University of Maryland and Associate Faculty, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics.
Meltzer Henry is co-author of “Commerce Games and the Individual Mandate,” to be published in April 2012 by the Georgetown Law Journal.
WHERE: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe Street, Room W3008, Baltimore, MD 21205
AVAILABILITY: Meltzer Henry will be available for comment in advance of her lecture this week and directly after, from 1:30 – 4:00 PM Monday, March 26. Please contact Leah Ramsay at the Berman Institute of Bioethics to schedule: 202.642.9640 or [email protected].
The discussion will introduce the audience to the legal issues the Court will be considering. In particular, it will focus on the whether the individual mandate, which requires Americans to purchase health insurance or pay a tax, is constitutional.
More Information:
Discussion: http://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=0f543d0b018f081433751de11&id=71b80543da&e=53613b03f0
Leslie Meltzer Henry: http://www.law.umaryland.edu/faculty/profiles/faculty.html?facultynum=616
Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics: http://www.bioethicsinstitute.org/
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