U.S. Appeals Court to Take Up Constitutionality of Obamacare

U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth, Tx., agreed in December 2018, saying the individual mandate was unconstitutional because it no longer triggered a tax.

O’Connor, nominated by former Republican President George W. Bush, said that because Obamacare called the mandate “essential,” the entire law must be struck down.

The U.S. Department of Justice initially argued the mandate was unconstitutional but most of Obamacare could be severed from it. But it argues on appeal the law’s balance must be struck down.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)—The U.S. Supreme Court preserved President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law on Thursday, upholding crucial tax subsidies while turning aside a conservative legal challenge that could have doomed the law. “After more than 50 votes in Congress to repeal or weaken this law, after a presidential election based in part on preserving or repealing…

As America’s capital, Washington, D.C., maintains an outsized influence in our daily lives. Despite having a meager sliver of the New York City population, the daily political transactions that transpire in the District of Columbia impact our lives. The comings and goings in the corridors of Congress are likely to have a greater impact on us…

WASHINGTON (Reuters)—The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Thursday that the part of Obamacare requiring individuals to have health insurance is unconstitutional, an unusual move that could lead to stripping away some of the most significant and popular parts of the law. In a brief filed in a federal court in Texas, the department…

(Reuters)—A U.S. judge signaled skepticism on Wednesday toward a bid by President Donald Trump’s administration to block a lawsuit by the state of Maryland seeking to preserve the Obamacare law in a case that also challenges Trump’s appointment of Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general. At a nearly three-hour hearing in federal court in Baltimore,…

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