Beriberi was widely viewed in the early twentieth century as one of the principal threats to public health in South, Southeast and East Asia. As its connection with the consumption of milled (“white”) rice became scientifically established, international attention turned to how this...

One purpose of the individual mandate is to eliminate the market for self-insured healthcare transactions. It is well-established in this Court's precedent that the elimination of an interstate commercial market is a constitutionally legitimate end for Congress to pursue under the Commerce...