Affordable Care Act Will Remain in Place After Surviving Third Challenge in the Supreme Court
Protesters outside the Supreme Court push to uphold the Affordable Care Act.Photo: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via GettyTheAffordable Care Act is constitutionaland will remain in place, the Supreme Court ruled Thursday, after Republican-led statestried to eliminate the actfor the third time.In a 7 to 2 decision, the court determined that challengers of the act,better known as Obamacare, did not have the legal standing to sue. They had said that the requirement under the act to have health insurance lest they pay an income tax penalty, what’s known as the individual mandate, was unconstitutional....