ACA Opinions
Mandate:
- Sustain mandate under Commerce Clause: Breyer, Ginsburg, Kagan, Sotomayor
- Sustain mandate as a tax: Roberts
- Reject mandate: Alito, Kennedy, Scalia, Thomas
Medicaid expansion:
- Allow Medicaid expansion: Ginsburg, Sotomayor
- Reject Medicaid expansion as written: Alito, Breyer, Kagan, Kennedy, Roberts, Scalia, Thomas
Penalty for Medicaid expansion overreach
- No penalty: Ginsburg, Sotomayor
- Preserve preexisting federal funding even if state does not expand Medicaid: Breyer, Kagan, Roberts
- Strike Medicaid expansion completely: Alito, Kennedy, Scalia, Thomas