The Supreme Court this week — either on Monday or Thursday morning — is expected to issue its ruling on the challenge to the Affordable Care Act. Challengers insist that the health care law’s requirement that citizens carry health insurance exceeds the Congress’ commerce clause powers. They also argue that the law’s expansion of Medicaid is an unconstitutional use of power over the states. They claim that the various pieces of the law can not be taken apart, and have asked the Supreme Court to throw out the entire statute.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=97716