Mutual Consent: How the Individual Mandate Runs Counter to the History of Contracts in America

Summary: <p><a name="EPF"></a>Historically, contracts are only valid and enforceable if there is voluntary, mutual consent. Contracts entered under duress are void.  At the end of March, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments to decide if the individual mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is constitutional.  The Institute for Justice recently submitted an amicus brief to the Court urging the Court to strike down the individual mandate and keep contracts truly voluntary.  IJ's Elizabeth Price Foley and Steve Simpson sit down to discuss the history of contracts and the unique insights offered by IJ’s brief.</p> <p>Guests: IJ Attorneys <a href="http://www.ij.org/staff/3913">Elizabeth Price Foley</a> and <a href="http://www.ij.org/staff/608">Steve Simpson</a><br>Host: Shira Rawlinson<br>Length:33:05<br>Date: March 2012</p>