SHELBY LIVINGSTON January 21, 2020 10:18 AM UPDATED 16 MINUTES AGO
The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday denied a request
for an expedited review of a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, ensuring
that the legal questions over the landmark healthcare law's constitutionality
will loom large during 2020 presidential election.
A coalition of Democratic attorneys general and
the U.S. House of Representatives had asked the Supreme Court for a speedy review of a
lower court decision that struck down the individual mandate and invalidated
the ACA.
They had hoped the high court would rule on the
case, Texas v. US, before the November election, fearing that prolonging the
litigation would protect the Trump administration from the consequences of a
decision that dismantled the ACA. The Trump administration supports the
position of a group of Republican states seeking to invalidate the law.
The Supreme Court's refusal to take up the case
on an expedited schedule means that it won't hear the case during its current
term that ends in June. However, the court could still agree to hear the case
in the fall.
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