Best For Last: Supreme Court Will Rule On Six Highly Anticipated Cases By Monday
It's not just King v. Burwell that court watchers are awaiting: Big issues remaining on the docket are gay marriage, execution methods, power-plant emissions, housing discrimination and congressional redistricting. The justices will hand down decisions Thursday, Friday and Monday before the end of the term.
The Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Guide: Six Big Decisions Remain
The Supreme Court is scheduled to issue decisions Thursday, with six major cases remaining on the docket, and is expected to release opinions again on Friday and perhaps next week. Still to be decided are the health-law subsidies and gay-marriage cases, along with closely watched rulings involving congressional redistricting and power plant emissions. Here’s a list of the remaining cases. ... King v. Burwell Issue: Whether the Affordable Care Act authorizes tax credits for insurance bought on healthcare.gov, as well as on state-operated insurance exchanges. The case turns on a single word in the 2,000-plus-page statute, in a clause authorizing the tax credits for policies purchased on an exchange established “by” the state. Only 13 states and the District of Columbia currently run their own exchanges. The court could potentially strike down subsidies in as many as 37 states that depend on HealthCare.gov. (6/24)
USA Today:
The Six Major Cases Awaiting Supreme Court Rulings
The future of President Obama's health care law is on the line for the second time in three years, and it's anyone's guess how the court will rule. Passed in 2010 and narrowly upheld by the court in a 5-4 ruling in 2012, the law has extended health insurance to 12 million Americans. But four words in its lengthy text — "established by the state" — now endanger federal subsidies relied upon by 6.4 million participants in 34 states that did not create their own exchanges or marketplaces. The justices must decide whether the law prohibits that financial aid. (Wolf, 6/25)
Business Insider:
Justice Kennedy Could Save Obamacare And Screw The Federal Government At The Same Time
The Supreme Court is preparing to hand down a decision in the all-important King v. Burwell case, and Justice Anthony Kennedy could again play a key role in deciding the fate of healthcare reform.
Kennedy made a comment during the case's oral arguments that led some observers to speculate that he was leaning toward siding with the Obama administration in the case, which centers on a key provision of the Affordable Care Act. (Logiurato, 6/24)
