Bulk of Obamacare Likely Safe in New Supreme Court Case
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Supreme Court appears wary of striking down Obamacare
Some conservative Supreme Court justices Tuesday signaled that they’re unlikely to tear down Obamacare as oral arguments began in a Republican-backed lawsuit challenging the landmark health care law.
The justices’ line of questioning suggests the court’s newly fortified 6-3 conservative majority has reservations about overturning or undercutting a law that covers over 20 million people and provides popular insurance protections.
From the Center
Supreme Court appears willing to leave Obamacare in place
The Affordable Care Act seems likely to withstand its third challenge at the Supreme Court.
During arguments in a case seeking to eliminate Obamacare, several of the court’s conservatives on Tuesday expressed an unwillingness to strike down the landmark legislation.
Chief Justice John Roberts, who cast the key vote in 2012 upholding Obamacare, and Justice Brett Kavanaugh, an appointee of President Donald Trump, suggested that the court may cast aside a challenged provision of the law, known as the individual mandate, while leaving the rest of it standing.
From the Right
Supreme Court unlikely to kill Obamacare
The Supreme Court is unlikely to kill Obamacare, as Republicans challenged the legality of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate Tuesday at the high court for the third time in hopes the 6-3 conservative majority would finally do away with President Obama’s signature law.
After the justices ruled the ACA was lawful as a tax in 2012, Republican lawmakers have tried a number of times to repeal and replace the massive health care overhaul, but they’ve repeatedly failed.
In 2017, the GOP majority in Congress implemented tax cuts which put...
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