A Federal Court Just Agreed To Rehear A Huge Obamacare Case, And It's Great News For The White House

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A Federal Court Just Agreed To Rehear A Huge Obamacare Case, And It's Great News For The White House

by Brett LoGiurato at Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/obamacare-halbig-case-review-aca-2014-9

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A federal appeals court in Washington has ordered a review of a case involving a major challenge to the Affordable Care Act, raising hopes among the law's supporters that the law would ultimately prevail.

The order means the full U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will hear Halbig v. Burwell, a case on which a three-judge panel ruled 2-1 in favor of the plaintiffs in June. The 2-1 decision threw out an IRS regulation that implements key subsidies for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, allowing millions of low-income people to afford insurance.


It was a rare step for the D.C. Circuit Court, and it diminished the near-term prospects the Supreme Court would become involved in the case.

"The D.C. Circuit rarely grants en banc review. The fact they did here is testimony to the devastating effect this misguided decision would have had on millions of Americans and the fact that the decision is wrong on the law," Timothy Jost, a law professor at Washington and Lee University and a supporter of the law, told Business Insider.


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[Gothmog]

1. This is great news

[librechik]

2. wow--the sneaky fucking bastards! Thank you for catching that, DC Circuit Court!!