Supreme Court Rejects Request for Expedited Hearing on Health Law Challenge
Published April 25, 2011
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A detail of the West Facade of the U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Monday, March 7, 2011. (AP)
The legal fight over President Obama's health care overhaul will apparently go through normal legal channels after the Supreme Court on Monday announced it will not expedite a major lawsuit from Virginia challenging the controversial law.
It's the second time the high court has denied a expedited review request from the law's opponents. While Monday's decision doesn't foreclose others from asking the justices to do the same with their cases, it now seems unlikely that the court would break its regular protocols to hear a dispute that will almost certainly come before them -- just not now.
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli asked the high court to intervene before the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond hears the case. "The presence of pure issues of constitutional law on the merits ensures that normal appellate practice will not further focus the controlling issues, which, in any event, are bottomed on decisions of this Court," wrote Cuccinelli and Virginia Solicitor General Duncan Getchell.
The Fourth Circuit has scheduled oral arguments for May 10 before a three-judge panel that will be determined that day.
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