Conservative foes of the Affordable Care Act want the federal courts to smother the new health care law in its crib. They’ve argued that Democrats failed to erect the proper safeguards to protect the legislation from being stricken down entirely by the courts. And when a Virginia district court judge rules in the coming days on the Constitutionality of the law’s insurance mandate, he’ll also have to decide whether none, some, or all of the law must go with it.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=117681