The district Court decision in the trolling lawsuit Texas vs HHS is out. The district Court judge just decided to toss several centuries of precedent.
This decision will be slapped around on appeal.
BREAKING: Obamacare was gutted by a Texas federal judge in a ruling that casts uncertainty on insurance coverage for millions of U.S. residents https://t.co/64eMFPeDN9
— Bloomberg (@business) December 15, 2018
The court's decision is NOT limited to guaranteed issue and community rating. In the court's view — and this is *absolutely* insane — the entire Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. pic.twitter.com/kHXU4E9wrH
— Nicholas Bagley (@nicholas_bagley) December 15, 2018
Because there's no injunction (not yet, anyhow) the Trump administration would not be in contempt if it continued to implement the ACA. Nor, I think, does it need to secure a stay pending appeal — though I could be wrong about that. Which means that EVERYONE SHOULD STAY CALM.
— Nicholas Bagley (@nicholas_bagley) December 15, 2018
Keep on signing up. This will get quickly stayed and the judge will get bench-slapped.
update 1one of the conservative legal minds behind King v Burwell<\i> has this comment
Emphasis on "insane" https://t.co/Eh1NJqjrQF
— Jonathan H. Adler (@jadler1969) December 15, 2018
update 2
This is your occasional reminder that the five justices who voted to uphold Obamacare in 2012 are still on the Supreme Court.
— Greg Stohr (@GregStohr) December 15, 2018