Posted on 06/17/2021 10:14:59 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the third time it has preserved the 2010 healthcare law.
Texas and other Republican-leaning states, backed by the Trump administration, sought to strike down the law on technical arguments after Congress reduced to zero the tax penalty for failing to carry health insurance. Thursday’s 7-2 decision, written by Justice Stephen Breyer, found that none of the plaintiffs suffered any injury from zeroing out the penalty and thus they lacked legal standing to bring the lawsuit at all.
“We do not reach these questions of the Act’s validity,” Justice Breyer wrote. “Texas and the other plaintiffs in this suit lack the standing necessary to raise them.”
Joining the majority were Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
In dissent, Justice Samuel Alito, joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, accused the majority of ducking the constitutional issues that conservatives for years have argued make the federal healthcare overhaul unconstitutional.
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I can’t decide which one of these is the best “There, fixed it”
No surprise that Kavanaugh and Barrett have proven to be lousy picks.
If a state doesnt have standing who da phruck does?
this albatross “law” is patently unconstitutional both by its subject and by the illegal procedure of its adoption in Congress
it must be revoked!
the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding it was patently a lie, too, that only breeds disrespect of the judiciary
As usual, “standing” raises its ugly head...
“Standing” == “Cop-out”, “Gutless”, Chicken S-—”, “Cowardice”, etc...
Works for me!
If you think it's not affordable now wait till you see how much more it will cost you when democrats make it "FREE"!
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Only a RINO-free, rat-free congress will repeal this abomination.
Roberts watching over his extortion blanket covering him
Agreed.
It is likely all the lawyers knew this anyway.
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