232 NC Med J May/June 2010, Volume 71, Number 3 On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Patient Protection Act”), promising that it “will set in motion reforms that generations of Americans have fought for and marched for and hungered to see.”1 Minutes later, 14 state Attorneys General sued to prevent implementation of the Act, arguing...

"All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other Bills." U.S. Const. art. I, § 7, cl. 1 (Origination Clause). "As we have often noted, '[c]onstitutional rights would be of little value if they could be . . . indirectly denied.'" United States Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779, 829 (1995) Th...

There are still some problems hindering the development of "constitutionality review" system. First, whether 
 objects constitutionality review include laws enacted by National People's Congress and its Standing Committee (NPCSC);Second, when reviewing normative documents, legality is often superior to review. Third, single use "Internal communication mode" deal with consequences constitut...