High Court to Hear Democrats’ Obamacare Appeal as Election Nears

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear a Democratic appeal that seeks to reaffirm the Affordable Care Act’s constitutionality, taking up a blockbuster case that could make health care a central issue in the run-up to the presidential election.

The justices will review a federal appeals court decision that found part of the original 2010 Obamacare law unconstitutional and left doubt about the rest of it. President Donald Trump’s administration is largely backing efforts by Republican-led states to invalidate the law, including its protections for people with pre-existing conditions.

Democratic-run states had sought fast-track review of their appeal to ...