Stephen Vladeck

Law professor Stephen Vladeck at the University of Texas has a theory for why the Justice Department may be taking its time. "If the government's goal was to actually have the mandate be in effect, we would have seen it move faster," he says. "We would expect it to be seeking emergency relief by asking Judge Mizelle to stay her ruling and then – when she says no – by asking the Federal Court of Appeals in Atlanta to freeze her ruling pending the government's appeal."