Labor Employees Relations

1. In its recent decision in Nat’l Fedn. of Indep. Bus. v. Sebelius, 567 U.S. ___, 2012 U.S. LEXIS 4876 (June 28, 2012), the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act a/k/a “ObamaCare”. In its decision, the Court, at various points, cites to its 1937 decision in NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp., 301 U.S. 1, as useful precedent. Please explain what Jones & Laughlin Steel has to do with the ObamaCare decision.

 

2. Answer the PROBLEMS FOR DISCUSSION (#1 only) on page 281 of Labor Law.

 

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4. Answer the PROBLEM FOR DISCUSSION on pages 715 of Labor Law.