Volume 396, Issue 10263
21 November 2020
WORLD REPORT A lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act may be floundering after Supreme Court justices questioned why the law should be dismantled. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.
The fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is again in the hands of the US Supreme Court, after close calls in lawsuits in 2012 and 2015. But last week’s hearing was different: justices who once voted to overturn the law— along with President Donald Trump’s recent court appointees—bombarded opponents with sceptical questions.
After oral arguments in the case, known as California v. Texas, legal experts believe President Barack Obama’s signature health reform law is not in mortal danger. [Continued here.]
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