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The Conservative Majority U Q The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in an appeal filed by Republican-ruled states including Texas, with support from President Donald Trump’s administration, aimed at repealing the Obama Care Healthcare Act
President-elect Joe Biden has criticized Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), as it is officially known, in the midst of the deadly coronavirus pandemic and hopes to support Obamacare after taking office in January 20
The justices were hearing the 80 minutes of arguments scheduled by phone in an appeal by a coalition of Democrat-governed states including California, New York, and the Democratic-led House of Representatives to preserve Obama Care
Conservative judges indicated that they believed that Republican competitors had the appropriate legal status to file a legal challenge by describing similar scenarios in which a person could sue for government authorization even if there was no penalty The arguments began with a discussion about legal status, with questions posed by the Chief Justice John Roberts and fellow conservative Clarence Thomas
Liberal judge Sonia Sotomayor questioned whether Republican states had a position, saying their alleged injuries were not related to the individual state and Sotomayor added, « They should have presented this challenge » if they wanted to file a case on other parts of the law
The case represents the most recent legal attack by the Republican Party on the 2010 law, which was a landmark achievement of domestic politics for former Democratic President Barack Obama, under whom Biden served as vice president, and the Supreme Court in 2012 and 2015 threw out previous Republican challenges.
The Supreme Court has a conservative 6-3 majority after the Republican-led Senate last month confirmed Trump’s third appointment, Amy Connie Barrett Most legal experts believe judges will not go as far as a seismic ruling to drop Obamacare.
Texas and other Republican states, which were later joined by the Trump administration, filed a lawsuit in 2018 in Texas to overturn the law
If Obamacare is canceled, up to 20 million Americans could lose medical insurance and insurance companies could once again deny coverage to people with pre-existing medical conditions Obamacare expanded public healthcare programs and created markets for private insurance.
Becera added: « We think there is a very strong chance that Americans will continue to have good healthcare coverage. »
Texas-based S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor ruled in 2018 that Obamacare was unconstitutional as it is currently regulated in light of the Republican-backed change that Congress made a year ago
The 5th U New Orleans-based, the Circuit Court of Appeals last year partially upheld that ruling, saying that the « single authorization » law, which requires people to obtain insurance or pay a fine, is inconsistent with the constitution but the Fifth Circuit has not reached the point of repealing the law. Democrats and the House of Representatives then before the Supreme Court
The 2012 Supreme Court ruling upheld most of Obamacare’s rulings including unilateral authorization. The court defined this penalty as a tax, and thus found the law permissible under the provisions of the Constitution that authorize Congress to impose taxes
In 2017, Trump signed into law a law abolishing monetary punishment under the unilateral mandate, leading to a Republic lawsuit. With this change, a single mandate could no longer be interpreted as a tax requirement and was therefore illegal, the Republican Challengers said.
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Donald Ferrelli, the attorney representing the House of Representatives, told judges that Republican competitors « are asking this court to do what Congress refused when it refused to repeal the Anti-Corruption Act in 2017 but their argument is untenable »
Michael Mongan, the California attorney general, told judges that « what Congress has done here is create a blocking ruling that doesn’t require anyone to do anything »
« Why bait and switch? » Roberts asked Ferrelli in relation to the Democrats’ arguments that losing the mandate would not invalidate the law, which they did not discuss in the 2012 Supreme Court case and then Ferrelli represented the Obama administration in defending Obama
Verrelli replied that Congress had already adopted the « carrot and stick » approach in adopting the Obamacare program and that « it turned out that the carrot worked without a stick. »
Thomas also addressed the issue of legal status, and also asked whether people would be able to challenge a mandate requiring people to wear masks during the coronavirus pandemic even if there was no penalty for not wearing them
Conservative Judge Brett Kavanaugh suggested another hypothetical position, questioning whether people have legal standing to file a lawsuit if Congress requires everyone to raise an American flag outside their home but imposes no penalty for not doing so.
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