Here is how the TOC of my in-progress book stands now, but it is likely subject to change.
Author’s Note
Introduction
Part I. The Once and Future Mandate (1989 – January 20, 2009)
- The Individual Mandate’s Heritage
- Hillarycare 1.0
- Hillarycare 2.0 v. Obamacare 1.0
- Obamacare 2.0 v. McCainCare
- Health and Change
Part II. Unprecedented (January 21 2009 – March 23, 2010)
- Obamacare 3.0
- The Constitutional Debate Begins
- The Tea Party
- The Mayflower Compact
- “It’s Unprecedented”
- The Senate
- The 40th Vote
- “Not True”
- The House
- The President
Part III. Regulating Inactivity (March 23, 2010 – January 31, 2011)
- Of Wheat and Weed
- Lawsuits Filed Before The Ink Dried
- Broccoli & Limiting Principles
- “Not a tax increase.”
- Virginia and Florida
Part IV. Coercing the States (February 1, 2011-November 13, 2011)
- Strings Attached
- New Faces
- Healthcare Is Unique
- Challenges Dismissed
- No Limiting Principle
- Judicial Restraint
Part V. “Secure the blessings of Liberty” (November 14, 2011 – March 28, 2012)
- Baking Freedom
- Changing of the Generals
- Certiorari is Granted
- The Nine
- The Stage Is Set
- Day One: Tomorrow it’s a tax, but today it’s not
- Day Two: He Choked
- Day Three, The Morning: A Hollow Shell
- Day Three, The Afternoon: Gun To The Head
- The Eagle Has Landed
Part VI. Outside The Supreme Court (March 29, 2012 – June 27, 2012)
- Thursday Morning Quarterbacks
- The Court’s Legitimacy
- “False Equivalency”
- “Wobbly”
- The end of the term.
Part VII. The Power to Tax – June 28, 2012
- The Anticipation
- The Handdown
- “The Saving Construction”
- “Invalid In Its Entirety”
- “Survives Relatively Unscathed”
- The Court is in recess
Part VIII. The Switch In Time That Saved Nine (June 29, 2012 – November 6, 2012)
- Immediate Reactions
- The Leak
- The Court’s Legitimacy
- Repeal Obamacare
- Romneycare v. Obamacare
- The Election
Epilogue
- Obamacare is here to stay
- Limits on Medicaid
- Other challenges