TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Nov 11, 2020

At a hearing yesterday on the fate of the Affordable Care Act, two key U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed to indicate they are inclined to uphold the bulk of the law, Bloomberg reports. Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh both suggested during oral arguments that they would not strike down the entire law even if a provision requiring people to acquire insurance is invalidated. Acting U.S. Solicitor General Jeffrey Wall urged the court to declare the entire law invalid arguing that the participation mandate is “essential to the operation of other parts of the act.”