Supreme Court Hears Affordable Care Act Case; AG Breaks With DOJ Precedent

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🗓️ 10 November 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

With Obamacare once again on the chopping block at the U.S. Supreme Court, comments from the justices appeared to suggest Tuesday that a majority is inclined to leave the bulk of the Affordable Care Act in place. Also, Attorney General William Barr wrote a memo authorizing federal prosecutors to pursue any "substantial allegations of voting and vote tabulation irregularities." There is no evidence of substantial election fraud.

This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, national political correspondent Mara Liasson, and national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson.

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0:00.0	Hey there! This is Andy Papis and I just finished my 15th summit of Bromley Mountain here in Southern Vermont.
0:06.8	This podcast was recorded at...
0:08.8	It's 2.05 pm on my birthday Tuesday November 10th.
0:12.8	Happy Birthday!
0:14.0	Happy Birthday Susan Davis!
0:16.0	Things might have changed by the time you hear this, but as an out-of-work opera singer,
0:20.6	I just want to remind you to keep wearing your masks so we can be on stage as soon as possible.
0:25.6	Okay, here's the show!
0:28.8	Oh, that's so great!
0:33.2	I went mine spending my birthday on a mountain in the fall in Vermont.
0:36.4	Oh, sounds amazing!
0:38.0	Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast. I'm Susan Davis, I cover Congress.
0:42.4	I'm Carrie Johnson, National Justice Correspondent, and I'm Mara Lias and National Political Correspondent.
0:48.0	And another healthcare case is before the Supreme Court, the newly full-bentured oral arguments,
0:54.0	in a case challenging the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare.
0:58.8	Carrie, what is this case all about?
1:00.8	Sure, you know, as Justice Alito, Sam Alito said this morning, it seemed like deja vu all over again.
1:06.8	That's because the third time the Supreme Court has heard a legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act.
1:12.4	And this time, the question was the following.
1:16.0	You know, earlier, the Supreme Court, a divided court, had saved the heart,
1:20.8	was considered to be the heart of the Affordable Care Act, the individual mandate,
1:24.8	the idea that you had to pay a penalty if you didn't have insurance by calling that a tax.
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