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News Tip: What Supreme Court Health Care Decision Means

The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to rule on the legality of the Affordable Care Act sometime this month.

The following experts are available to comment for stories leading up to the decision and afterward.Neil SiegelProfessor of law and political science, director of the Program in Public Law, Duke University. siegel@law.duke.eduhttp://www.law.duke.edu/fac/siegelVideo: http://ondemand.duke.edu/video/31843/is-obamacare-unconstitutionalSiegel is an expert on constitutional law and theory who served as special counsel to former Sen. Joseph Biden during the confirmation hearings of John Roberts and Samuel Alito. During the October 2003 term, Siegel clerked for associate justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Siegel's op-ed on what striking down the law would mean appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer, http://tinyurl.com/dyqjxqp. He also has written six papers on the constitutionality of the ACA's individual mandate provision: http://www.law.duke.edu/scholarship/facpub#siegelnDonald TaylorAssociate professor of public policy studies, Duke University.don.taylor@duke.eduhttp://fds.duke.edu/db/Sanford/dtaylorVideo: http://ondemand.duke.edu/video/32761/election-2012-the-health-care-Taylor conducts research on aging and comparative health systems, including Medicare, long-term care and health policy. He blogs about health care policy at http://donaldhtaylorjr.wordpress.com. Taylor's op-ed in The (Raleigh) News & Observer on a health care setup both sides could live with can be found at                  _        _        _        _Note to broadcast editors: Duke provides an on-campus satellite uplink facility for live or pre-recorded television interviews. We are also equipped with ISDN connectivity for radio interviews. Broadcast reporters should contact Scott Wells at (919) 660-1741 or James Todd at (919) 681-8061 to arrange an interview.