I thought we were done with this
With so many new controversies boiling over on the stove this year, do we really need to dredge up some of the golden oldies for a rerun? Apparently so. The Justice Department is wading into a court battle over Obamacare that’s playing out in the Fifth Circuit, and this time they’re backing a move to eliminate the entire program. Rather than some novel new attack on the Affordable Care Act, this is more of reset, using old legal arguments against its constitutionality in light of changes made as a result of previous court rulings. (The Hill)
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday announced that it is siding with a district court ruling that found the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.
The move is an escalation of the Trump administration’s legal battle against the health care law.
The DOJ previously argued in court that the law’s pre-existing condition protections should be struck down. Now, the administration argues the entire law should be invalidated.
U. S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor ruled in December that the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate is unconstitutional and that the rest of law is therefore invalid.
