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26 B.U. Pub. Int. L.J. 257 (2017)
Revising the Marks Rule in Light of a Plurality Prone Supreme Court: A Case Study of National Federation of Independent Businesses v. Sebelius

handle is hein.journals/bupi26 and id is 269 raw text is: REVISING THE MARKS RULE IN LIGHT OF A PLURALITY PRONE SUPREME COURT: A CASE STUDY OF NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESSES V. SEBELIUS SEAN MCCAULEY * I. IN TRO DU CTION ........................................................................................... 258 II. LEGAL B ACKGROUND ................................................................................. 262 C. Opinions of the Court, Concurrences, Dissents, Concurrences in Part, and D issents in P art .................................................................. 262 D. Past Applications of the Marks Rule .................................................. 264 E . The M odern Problem ......................................................................... 266 1. The Opinions in NFIB v. Sebelius .............................................. 267 i. Chief Justice Roberts' Opinion of the Court ........................ 267 a. Commerce Clause and Necessary and Proper Clause A naly sis ......................................................................... 2 6 8 b. Taxing and Spending Analysis ..................................... 269 c. Is the Chief Justice's Commerce Clause Argument M ere D icta? ................................................................... 269 ii. Justice Ginsburg's Joint Concurrence (And Dissent) .......... 270 iii. Justice Scalia's Joint D issent ................................................ 271 2. The Majorities in NFIB v. Sebelius ............................................. 272 F. The Application of the Holding(s) in NFIB v. Sebelius ................. 273 III. A R G U M EN T ................................................................................................. 275 A. Best of the Existing Methods: The Dual Majority Method ................ 276 B. Modifying the Dual Majority Method ................................................ 277 1. Potential Critiques and Drawbacks of the Modified Dual M ajority M ethod .......................................................................... 278 2. Benefits of This M ethod .............................................................. 280 i. Inherent B enefits .................................................................. 280 ii. The Supreme Court Had the Opportunity To Reject The Modified Dual Majority Method, But Declined To Do S o .......................................................................................... 2 8 1 C. The Modified Dual Majority Method in NFIB v. Sebelius ................. 283 IV . C O N CLU SIO N .............................................................................................. 284 * J.D., Boston University School of Law, May 2017; B.A. English & history, Vir-ginia Military Institute, May 2013. I'd like to thank Professor Jim Fleming for his tireless work improving this article.

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