Why did the Supreme Court in 2012 rule unconstitutional the portion of the ACA of 2010 that allowed the federal government to remove all funding from a state that refused to participate in expansion of Medicaid, even when the federal government paid all the costs of the expansion?
What might be a Constitutional objection to a Federal mandate issued to a state to provide Medicaid or similar health benefits to its citizens?
How can the Federal government legally circumvent that barrier and obtain compliance from the states?
What are the Fifth and Fourteenth amendments? Which is applicable to the Federal government? Which to the states? What is the intent of each of these amendments?