The justices wrapped up their remote November sitting with one of the most anticipated cases this term—the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act.
Akin Gump’s Pratik A. Shah joined “Cases and Controversies” podcast hosts Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin to game out likely outcomes that include the justices leaving most of the law intact.
California v. Texas derives from a 2017 congressional amendment to the landmark law known as Obamacare that zeroed out the penalty for failing to purchase health insurance, known as the individual mandate.
GOP-led states and the federal government say the mandate was so integral to Obamacare that the rest of the law can’t stand without it. Shah, who filed an amicus brief in the case, explains why that’s unlikely to happen and why eyes should be on Chief Justice John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh.
Hosts: Kimberly Robinson and Jordan Rubin.
Producer: David Schultz.
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