The Supreme Court voted 7-2 today to uphold Obamacare after some states brought a Constitutional challenge to the high court:
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects the constitutional challenge to Obamacare in 7-2 opinion. The court tosses the lawsuit because the challengers do not have legal standing to sue. https://t.co/meuQgPE50Z
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 17, 2021
As you can see, they tossed the lawsuit because the states challenging it didn’t have standing. So it wasn’t a judgement based on the merits of the socialist health care law.
What’s interesting is how the justices voted:
The Affordable Care Act stands. Justice BREYER writes the majority opinion. He's joined by the other two liberals (Sotomayor & Kagan) as well as three conservatives (Roberts, Thomas, & Barrett). Alito and Gorsuch dissent.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) June 17, 2021
The very dependable Justice Thomas voted with the majority here, as did Roberts and Barrett. However Alito and Gorsuch dissented.
You can read the opinions below if you like: