Fourth Circuit finds it can rule on health care law challenge

[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit [official website] decided Thursday there is no conflict with the Anti-Injunction Act (AIA) [text] and that it can rule on two challenges to the health care reform [text; JURIST news archive]. Last week, the court requested briefs from all parties in Liberty v. Geithner and Commonwealth of Virginia v. Sebelius [JURIST reports] explaining whether the individual mandate can be considered a "tax" under the Act regardless if it is a…