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The article focuses on the laws for the regulation of expansion of Medicaid policies for poor. Topics discussed include the role of the U.S. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) for the regulation of Medicaid expansion, the role of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) in the expansion of Medicaid policies, and the laws for providing legal assistance to the poor.

An introduction is presented which discusses articles in the issue that focus on the effects of the U.S. Supreme Court case Citizens United.

The article discusses several court cases related to trade adjustment assistant (TAA) programs in the U.S. The first case related to TAA for Workers shows the failed investigation of the Department of Labor on the increase in imports of circuit boards to the decline in the sales or production of the employees. The second case related to TAA for farmers covers two steps in determining qualified farmers for cash benefits in which the court did not rule the first but issued rulings for the second.