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March 02, 2020
Supreme Court to Rule, Finally, On Obamcare's Unconstitutionality, After the Election; Court Declines to Review Rule Banning Bump Stocks
Your weekly reminder that John McCain was a liar and serial betrayer.
The Supreme Court announced Monday that it would hear a GOP-led effort against Obamacare, with opening arguments likely slated for the fall after the justices initially decided against fast-tracking a ruling.
Obamacare came under threat in December when the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 vote that the individual mandate, which required Americans to buy health insurance under threat of fine, was unconstitutional. But the court kicked the rest of the case back down to Texas district judge Reed O'Connor, who initially decided that the individual mandate was unconstitutional in December 2018.
"It may still be that none of the ACA is severable from the individual mandate, even after this inquiry is concluded," Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod said in her majority opinion. "It may be that all of the ACA is severable from the individual mandate. It may also be that some of the ACA is severable from the individual mandate, and some is not."
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