In a ruling issued just yesterday, the 11th Circuit ruled that the individual mandate - the provision within the Affordable Care Act which would make nearly all Americans purchase health insurance - was unconstitutional. Suits brought in other circuits have yielded very different outcomes, and indeed this was the first ruling against the provision, with a Clinton appointee siding with an H.W. Bush appointee on the issue of the mandate.
The DOJ must now either ask for the entire 11th Circuit to review the decision, or ask to be granted certiorari by the Supreme Court. It seems very clear where this is headed...
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