Obamacare could be doomed if Trump fills another Court seat (Opinion)
4 years, 3 months ago

Obamacare could be doomed if Trump fills another Court seat (Opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is a physician, epidemiologist and former health director for the city of Detroit. CNN — The prospect of a third Supreme Court pick for President Donald Trump looms large following the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday. If Trump’s appointee is seated prior to November 10, it could mean the end of the law as we know it – and leave millions of Americans without healthcare in a pandemic. But in another sense, we do know what Trump’s plan for health care is — he’s said as much through his short list: It’s to appoint Supreme Court justices who will empower the far-right and insurance companies to keep people from accessing the kind of care they need in the name of ideology and greed. Join us on Twitter and Facebook Unfortunately, ending the ACA would be far from the only way Trump’s Supreme Court shortlisters could destroy American healthcare.

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It Looks Like the Supreme Court Is Going to Have to Decide Trump v. U.S. All Over Again
3 months, 3 weeks ago

It Looks Like the Supreme Court Is Going to Have to Decide Trump v. U.S. All Over Again

Slate  

Two months after the Supreme Court handed Donald J. Trump, and all future presidents, sweeping immunity from prosecution for so-called official acts, we’re starting to see how Trump v. United States is reshaping all four prosecutions against Trump. While we wait to hear whether Trump’s sentencing in Manhattan will go ahead on Sept. 18, special counsel Jack Smith is appealing …

Unhappy with the Supreme Court? Your vote for president could make it worse
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Unhappy with the Supreme Court? Your vote for president could make it worse

LA Times  

A reelected Biden likely wouldn’t be able to alter the ideological imbalance on the Supreme Court, but he could prevent it from getting worse. Foot-dragging — by the Supreme Court, where three Trump appointees sit, and at the Florida district court where a Trump-appointed judge presides — has all but assured that voters won’t get criminal verdicts before election day …

Trump's presidential bid hangs in the balance in a Supreme Court case that's broken new legal ground
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump's presidential bid hangs in the balance in a Supreme Court case that's broken new legal ground

Hindustan Times  

On Thursday, the justices will hear arguments in Trump’s appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that he is not eligible to run again for president because he violated a provision in the 14th Amendment preventing those who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office. But it’s always tricky to try to predict a Supreme Court ruling, and the case against …

Trump’s presidential bid hangs in the balance in a Supreme Court case that’s broken new legal ground
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump’s presidential bid hangs in the balance in a Supreme Court case that’s broken new legal ground

Associated Press  

Read the latest: Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack WASHINGTON — The fate of former President Donald Trump’s attempt to return to the White House is in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court. On Thursday, the justices will hear arguments in Trump’s appeal of a Colorado Supreme Court ruling that …

US Supreme Court declines to fast-track Donald Trump's immunity case
1 year ago

US Supreme Court declines to fast-track Donald Trump's immunity case

Hindustan Times  

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined to immediately decide former President Donald Trump's claim that he cannot be prosecuted for trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat, allowing a lower court to continue reviewing the issue. Former President Donald Trump The justices, rebuffing an extraordinary request by U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith, refused to effectively leap-frog a lower appeals …

Trump transformed the Supreme Court that mostly helped advance his agenda
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump transformed the Supreme Court that mostly helped advance his agenda

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump will exit the White House on Wednesday but leave behind three of the nine Supreme Court justices and a majority that was willing to partner with him for much of his agenda. Trump responded to the Roberts’ opinion in the dispute over the program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals by saying, “Do you …

Election 2020 Today: Biden defends ‘Obamacare,’ Trump stalls
4 years, 1 month ago

Election 2020 Today: Biden defends ‘Obamacare,’ Trump stalls

Associated Press  

Here’s what’s happening Tuesday in Election 2020. TODAY’S TOP STORIES: BIDEN’S PITCH: President-elect Joe Biden is championing the Obama administration’s signature health care law as it goes before the Supreme Court in a case that could overturn it. ‘OBAMACARE’ FIGHT: Republican elected officials and the Trump administration are advancing their latest arguments to get rid of the Affordable Care Act, …

Much at stake as Supreme Court weighs future of ‘Obamacare’
4 years, 1 month ago

Much at stake as Supreme Court weighs future of ‘Obamacare’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — When the Supreme Court weighs the fate of “Obamacare,” arguments will revolve around arcane points of law like severability — whether the justices can surgically snip out part of the law and leave the rest. The nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that about 54 million working-age adults have health issues that would have made them “uninsurable” before former …

Supreme Court justices appear ready to uphold Obamacare
4 years, 1 month ago

Supreme Court justices appear ready to uphold Obamacare

LA Times  

Supreme Court justices on Tuesday sounded ready to uphold the Affordable Care Act for the third time and reject the latest challenge from its conservative critics, including President Trump. Several justices said that while this change may have ended the much-disputed insurance “mandate,” removal of the provision did not invalidate the rest of the broad, popular law, including coverage protections …

Much at stake as Supreme Court weighs future of ‘Obamacare’
4 years, 1 month ago

Much at stake as Supreme Court weighs future of ‘Obamacare’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — When the Supreme Court weighs the fate of “Obamacare” on Tuesday, arguments will revolve around arcane points of law like severability — whether the justices can surgically snip out part of the law and leave the rest. The nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that about 54 million working-age adults have health issues that would have made them “uninsurable” …

Without Ginsburg, high court support for health law in doubt
4 years, 1 month ago

Without Ginsburg, high court support for health law in doubt

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Until six weeks ago, defenders of the Affordable Care Act could take comfort in some simple math. It’s their first time hearing a major case over the health law as justices, although Kavanaugh took part in the the first round of suits over it when he was a federal appeals court judge. They predicted that getting rid of …

Obamacare: What Amy Coney Barrett could mean for the ACA
4 years, 2 months ago

Obamacare: What Amy Coney Barrett could mean for the ACA

CNN  

CNN — When she was a law professor, Judge Amy Coney Barrett tried to puncture arguments favoring Obamacare. Barrett, then a University of Notre Dame law professor, wrote in a 2017 law review essay, “Chief Justice Roberts pushed the Affordable Care Act beyond its plausible meaning to save the statute. He construed the penalty imposed on those without health insurance …

If the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act, Trump’s health care order is not enough to replace it
4 years, 2 months ago

If the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act, Trump’s health care order is not enough to replace it

Associated Press  

Simon F. Haeder, Pennsylvania State University The battle over the replacement of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has refocused American attention on the future of the Affordable Care Act. The two factors leave me – a health policy and politics scholar who has closely followed the Affordable Care Act – skeptical about the emergence of a meaningful replacement to the ACA …

The Election And A Fresh Obamacare Challenge Loom Over New Supreme Court Term
4 years, 2 months ago

The Election And A Fresh Obamacare Challenge Loom Over New Supreme Court Term

NPR  

The Election And A Fresh Obamacare Challenge Loom Over New Supreme Court Term Enlarge this image toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP J. Scott Applewhite/AP The U.S. Supreme Court opens a new court term Monday, while across the street at the Capitol, Republicans are seeking to jam through, before the Nov. 3 election, President Trump's nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to …

Analysis: How Trump’s Supreme Court pick is politically risky
4 years, 2 months ago

Analysis: How Trump’s Supreme Court pick is politically risky

Al Jazeera  

Washington, DC – US President Donald Trump’s nomination Saturday of a new Supreme Court justice and his comments about voting integrity have already significantly altered the political discussion during the final weeks of the presidential campaign. Abortion Fulfilling a promise to his conservative Republican base, Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, federal judge Amy Coney Barrett, is expected to be anti-abortion rights, …

Democrats say Barrett’s nomination is all about the future of Obamacare
4 years, 2 months ago

Democrats say Barrett’s nomination is all about the future of Obamacare

CNN  

CNN — Democrats on Saturday night launched their case against federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, saying support for her confirmation was equivalent to a vote to end the Affordable Care Act. “But even now, in the midst of a global health pandemic, the Trump Administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the …

Trump creates election anxiety ahead of Supreme Court announcement
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump creates election anxiety ahead of Supreme Court announcement

CNN  

CNN — In a carefully scripted appearance in the Rose Garden Saturday, President Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, calling her one of the “nation’s most brilliant and gifted legal minds.” “I looked and I studied and you are very eminently qualified for this job,” Trump told his nominee. Barrett’s views on Second Amendment gun rights, …

Column: The Supreme Court could kill protection for preexisting conditions. You should be terrified
4 years, 3 months ago

Column: The Supreme Court could kill protection for preexisting conditions. You should be terrified

LA Times  

The late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, seen embracing President Obama after his State of the Union address in 2014, was a rock-solid supporter of the Affordable Care Act. President Trump is putting out the word that he has a plan to protect Americans with preexisting medical conditions from losing their health coverage, especially if the Supreme Court invalidates …

The Future Of The Affordable Care Act In A Supreme Court Without Ginsburg
4 years, 3 months ago

The Future Of The Affordable Care Act In A Supreme Court Without Ginsburg

NPR  

The Future Of The Affordable Care Act In A Supreme Court Without Ginsburg Enlarge this image toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has raised the profile of a case that marks the latest existential threat to the Affordable Care Act. In the 2015 case, which challenged the validity of …

Biden to make health care push as Supreme Court vacancy fight looms
4 years, 3 months ago

Biden to make health care push as Supreme Court vacancy fight looms

CNN  

CNN — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden intends to make a push on health care in the wake of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death as a political fight over the Supreme Court vacancy is already underway. “In the middle of the worst global health crisis in living memory, Donald Trump is before the Supreme Court trying to strip …

Biden blasts Trump’s plan for Supreme Court vacancy
4 years, 3 months ago

Biden blasts Trump’s plan for Supreme Court vacancy

Al Jazeera  

After the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Trump says he will name a nominee this week as Senators plan pre-election vote. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has urged Senate Republicans not to vote on any candidate nominated to the Supreme Court as the November election approaches, calling his rival Donald Trump’s plan an “exercise in raw political power.” Biden was …

Trump urges Supreme Court justice appointment ‘without delay’
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump urges Supreme Court justice appointment ‘without delay’

Al Jazeera  

After death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Senate Republicans have said they will not wait for election to vote on Trump pick. United States President Donald Trump has urged the Republican-controlled Senate to act “without delay” on vetting a Supreme Court justice nominee following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. “We have this obligation, without delay!” The appointment is set …

News Analysis: Justice Ginsburg’s successor could push the Supreme Court to end abortion rights and Obamacare
4 years, 3 months ago

News Analysis: Justice Ginsburg’s successor could push the Supreme Court to end abortion rights and Obamacare

LA Times  

The death of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg could allow legal conservatives to take full control of the Supreme Court for a decade or more, imposing a historic shift to the right with vast implications for U.S. jurisprudence and society at large. A conservative court could use its majority to overturn Roe vs. Wade, which guarantees a woman’s right to …

Trump Releases List Of Potential Supreme Court Nominees
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump Releases List Of Potential Supreme Court Nominees

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING UPDATE: Sept. 18 — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday, creating a vacancy on the high court. The shortlist of potential nominees is as follows: Bridget Bade ― Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit Daniel Cameron ― 51st attorney general of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Tom Cotton ― Republican U.S. …

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