Supreme Court Appears Likely To Uphold Obamacare

A demonstrator holds a sign in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, which heard arguments over the Affordable Care Act Tuesday.

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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.

At least two of the court’s conservatives — Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh — seemed to suggest they will vote to preserve the rest of the law, even if the individual mandate is found unconstitutional.

It is the third time the ACA, also called Obamacare, is back before the Supreme Court. The first attempts to derail the law failed in the high court by votes of 5-to-4 and 6-to-3.