What Federalism Has to to do with Medicaid Expansion and Immigration
The 1787 Project - A podcast by Justin Dyer
In 2010, Congress passed the Affordable Care Act expanding Medicaid eligibility, and the Arizona state legislature passed S.B. 1070 making it a state-level offense to violate certain provisions of federal immigration law. The Supreme Court heard challenges to each law in 2012, and the outcome of each case hinged on particular conceptions of the division of authority between the states and the national government under the U.S. Constitution.
