Supreme Court Declines to Rush Review of Obamacare Appeal (1)

The U.S. Supreme Court said it won’t rush to consider hearing a case that threatens to eviscerate Obamacare, likely keeping the fate of the law uncertain until after the 2020 presidential election.

The justices on Tuesday declined requests by the House and a coalition of mostly Democratic states to consider their petitions for review of the case on an expedited schedule. Under the court’s ordinary briefing schedule, March is the earliest that a decision could be made.

If the justices grant review, the case likely won’t be argued and decided until next term.

“It’s disappointing,” said Timothy Jost, a professor ...