THE CALIFORNIA Journal of Politics & Policy Volume 3, Issue 4 Is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Constitutiona l? Laurence H. Tribe Harvard University Roger Pilon Cato Institute Abstract This is an edited transcript of a debate sponsored by the Commonwealth Club of California and the Institute of Governmental Studies, University of Califor- nia, Berkeley. The speakers were Laurence H. Tribe, the Carl M. Loeb Profes- sor and Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School, and Roger Pilon, Vice President for Legal Affairs and Director of the Center of Constitutional Stud- ies at the Cato Institute. The debate was moderated by Jesse Choper, Earl Warren Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley Law School. Keywords: health care reform, The Affordable Health Care Act Copyright © 2011 The Berkeley Electronic Press. All rights reserved. www.bepress.com/cjpp