TheHill- A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that ObamaCare’s individual mandate is unconstitutional, but punted on the larger question of what it means for the rest of the health law.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans remanded the case back to a federal judge in Texas to decide just how much of the rest of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), if any, is also unconstitutional.
“The rule of law demands a careful, precise explanation of whether the provisions of the ACA are affected by the unconstitutionality of the individual mandate as it exists today,” the justices wrote for the majority.
The 2-1 ruling is a victory for the coalition of 18 conservative attorneys general, as well as the Trump administration, which endorsed the challenge and declined to defend the law in court.
The ruling keeps the legal threat to ObamaCare alive, and could push the ultimate decision on the case past 2020.
However, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) vowed to challenge the ruling, meaning the Supreme Court could still decide to hear an appeal before the 2020 election. more
Kill it with bleach. And then with fire.
GWB’s liberal Roberts has “ruled” 4 times the Constitution was written by Christians and therefor bad! He will again rule in favor of RomneyCare; when he get another chance!
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be rememberèd—
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.
I piss on your tyranny from a considerable height
I paid your fine
To the last, I grapple with thee; From Hell’s heart, I stab at thee; For hate’s sake, I spit my last breath at thee.
“affected”?
Why didn’t the Republicans just friggin get rid of it when they controlled everything.
Life would be so much easier and America so much better off it they had.
@ John SB
can we just pay you to go away?
nothing to worry about. Becerra is such a lightweight, he couldn’t come up w/ anything to write on a shithouse wall if his live depended on it
Are they going to demand that we buy sugar and tea?
When is the “shared responsibility” tax going to end?