Biden Administration Tells Supreme Court It Thinks ACA Is Constitutional

The Biden administration told the Supreme Court it considers the Affordable Care Act (ACA) constitutional, reversing the Trump administration's position on the healthcare law. A Justice Department lawyer sent a letter to the court on Wednesday changing the government’s position in a case called California v. Texas, which was argued last November; a decision has yet to be announced. In November, Trump, along with several other Republican-led states, argued that the ACA (also known as Obamacare) was unconstitutional because its individual mandate, a tax which propped up the law’s constitutionality in past cases, was removed by Congress in 2017. They argued that the individual mandate was essential to the ACA and that the ACA must fall as a result. As vice president under the Obama administration, Biden played a key role in passing the legislation through Congress in 2010. The story received wide coverage from across the political spectrum. Coverage from the left and the center tended to focus on the details of the case; some right-rated outlets also highlighted reactions from Republican lawmakers and attempted to predict the outcome of the case.