In a separate ruling, the Supreme Court unanimously is ruling that philadelphia must accommodate a Catholic Foster Care Agency that is refusing to place children with samesex couples. Big issues at question there. Jessica schneider is live In Washington with all of the details as they come in. Focus in on the obamacare ruling, please. The Supreme Court saving the Affordable Care act, once again this morning. Doing it with a2 decision. The latest challenge of the law, that was put in place, the latest challenge is invalid because the justices are saying that the plaintiffs here, including republicanled states, didnt have the injury, or the legal standing, to bring this case. The Affordable Care act remains in effect. And the 20 million that have conch coverage under obamacare, they will continue to have coverage because of the Supreme Courts decision this morning. Its possible that republicans or other plaintiffs might find a way to challenge this law at some point. For now, it stands.
In a separate ruling, the Supreme Court unanimously is ruling that philadelphia must accommodate a Catholic Foster Care Agency that is refusing to place children with samesex couples. Big issues at question there. Jessica schneider is live In Washington with all of the details as they come in. Focus in on the obamacare ruling, please. The Supreme Court saving the Affordable Care act, once again this morning. Doing it with a2 decision. The latest challenge of the law, that was put in place, the latest challenge is invalid because the justices are saying that the plaintiffs here, including republicanled states, didnt have the injury, or the legal standing, to bring this case. The Affordable Care act remains in effect. And the 20 million that have conch coverage under obamacare, they will continue to have coverage because of the Supreme Courts decision this morning. Its possible that republicans or other plaintiffs might find a way to challenge this law at some point. For now, it stands.
alito, judge alito, in the questioning, said the original issue about the mandate, that was before we understood how people will react. now time is passed. and we see people want health insurance without the mandate. that changes the color of the case. that s an interesting point. this was argued before the court, in november. it s been a while. if you could, stay on with us. let me get to john harwood at the white house. john? what i wanted to do, poppy, is provide some perspective to punctuate the political points that dana and jeffrey were making. we remember that when new senator ted cruz was trying to strangle obamacare in its crib, when it was just about to launch, and he was trying to persuade republicans, we have to stop this, we have to shut down the government to stop it, what he said was, if this law gets going, and people see the benefits, they will get hooked
there s a sub text here. we have heard this issue enough. and, yes, the law as big as obamacare, there will always be challenges around the fringes and what is covered and how essential the law is. in matterms of whether this law survives, in a supreme court that includes the current three liberals, john roberts and brett kavanaugh, i don t see any chance for this court to overturn the obamacare law. it has to be done through politics. at this moment, the wind is in the sails of people who want to expand obamacare, not the people that want to get rid of it. in the political realm, i m told that house speaker pelosi, just reacted to this ruling. for the first time, let s listen to what she said together. we are, of course, happy,