GUTTED: Federal judge rules key parts of Obamacare are unconstitutional

Happy Friday everyone!

*U.S. JUDGE RULES CORE PROVISIONS OF OBAMACARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL

(via @TheTerminal)

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) December 15, 2018

BREAKING: Obamacare was gutted by a Texas federal judge in a ruling that casts uncertainty on insurance coverage for millions of U.S. residents https://t.co/64eMFPeDN9

— Bloomberg (@business) December 15, 2018

One of the provisions ruled unconstitutional included the mandate on preexisting conditions:

Federal judge appointed by George W. Bush sides with Texas in a Republican-led lawsuit to overturn core provisions of the ACA—including the preexisting condition protections—as unconstitutional.

The Trump administration backed the lawsuit in court.https://t.co/9CMfjiWUlz

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) December 15, 2018

This comes as the deadline to sign up for Obamacare is tomorrow:

Deadline to get Obamacare is Saturday-what you need to knowhttps://t.co/LLJp70Jlxr pic.twitter.com/qCCI5WNeAJ

— Local 33 News (@WVLALocal33) December 14, 2018

And now, chaos.

Update 1: Don’t get too attached to this ruling:

Distro court judge strikes down ACA, mangling multiple legal doctrines in the process. I doubt this opinion will survive appeal.

— Jonathan H. Adler (@jadler1969) December 15, 2018

Update 2: Nothing will happen right away?

If I'm reading this right, the court did not enjoin the government from enforcing the Affordable Care Act but instead issued a declaratory judgment that it is invalid and unenforceable. That means nothing happens immediately to the ACA as this case is inevitably appeals. pic.twitter.com/8mDwbnRYDZ

— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) December 15, 2018

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