Professor Eastman Comments on Supreme Court’s Health Care Decision
July 8, 2012
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s health care decision, many Chapman law professors have been quoted in the media. Professor Eastman appeared on National Public Radio on June 29, 2012 to discuss the decision, saying, “This was a sellout of monumental proportions for those that recognize that there are limits on the federal power of the Constitution.” Professor Eastman was also quoted in The New York Times and in The New York Times’ blog, The Cacus, as saying, ““We finally won a three-decades-long battle over the commerce clause,” because Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. ruled the health care legislation was constitutional under Congress’ power to tax, not under the commerce clause. He was also quoted in an article in The Orange County Register entitled “O.C. Reaction to Health-Care Ruling.” He was also quoted in POLITICO.