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When its structured this way and wee northeast need to find it. >> were going to come back to this, but i have to tell you, theres another major case now, another major ruling decision thats coming in from the supreme court. its not just obamacare. its probably the second most watched case of this entire term, and it was on religious freedom, looking at lgbtq rights. the question out of this case was is there a religious exemption to laws against discrimination? were going to talk about obamacar...

>> the supreme court took on the case. whats the decision? >> for the third time the u.s. supreme court has spared obamacare from challenges, this time from a group of red states who said the institutional mandate was unconstitutional and could not be upheld as a legitimate taxing authority because congress had later set that tax penalty if you didnt buy that insurance at zero. today in a 7-2 decision the supreme court said the states who challenged it didnt have the legal standing to bring this...

Overseas. then the sales job begins. frankly, theres a pretty long list of unresolved issues here. >> reporter: what the white house is saying, hallie, is the president achieved what he cement out to do, not some grand detat or where moscow becomes a u.s. alley, but instead trying to keep the bottom falling out from this relationship which has been spiraling over the last few years and have a more common ground so they have a more predictable relationship going forward, so the white house toutin...

Implications of this. >> obamacare wins again. as pete was just explaining, this procedurally has to do with how they didnt want to get into the merits of the case, rejecting it on standing being just a full objection. the conservative states were looking for one more way to chip at or attack obamacare. the headline if youre not a lawyer, it means obamacare is the law of the land. this court wants to come together because you have a wide coalition. you have most of the justices coming together. ...

This is simply a decision saying these states didnt have the legal standing to bring this case. so what this does is it means in the future, other states could try again this same legal challenge, and if they can find enough ways to get people together and cobble up another case, obamacare could face yet another challenge. but for now, obamacare survives again, a 7-2 decision from the supreme court, rejecting this challenge without ruling on the underlying case. >> thats whats so interesting her...

>> from democrats on capitol hill as well, josh, with chuck schumer saying in a statement let me say definitively, the affordable care act is there. now were going to make it bigger and better. were going to talk about the politics of this significant rulinging in a moment, but i want to bring in former white house adviser andy slavitt and acting administrator for medicare and medicaid services. andy, your reaction to the new this morning? >> you know, when i sit back and think about it, it make...

Weve been talking about how we might celebrate, but were all pointing out its not enough to celebrate the supreme court decision. we have to build back what we lost, including reputation. the affordable care act is a plan to build more affordable coverage, better coverage, and that couldnt be more important as were coming out of covid-19 and theyre working to pay bills and keep food on the table. >> let me reset. we are again activating and we have activated our breaking news team on this signif...

Say what the holding is today, its as i mentioned. obamacare wins and you can have this kind of structure. if you want to talk with the kind of clash this was, this was somehow really taxing and troublesome for them as basically autonomous states, and the supreme court on a large coalition is saying, no, it wasnt that bad for you. youre not really hurt, which means you dont get to challenge the rest of this in court. so i would say, big, big picture, this is a very strong holding for obamacare b...

To door number one. >> ari, just so i can let norfolks know what were dealing with here, it has been printed out and handed to me. its lengthy. i know youre reading through it. pete williams is as well. melissa murray is with us, former law clerk and now working for judge sotomayor. lay it out for us again. we know what the decision is. im going to ask my team to pull up which judge ruled which way. melissa, take us back to how this case originated in the first place and the path that it has gon...

You cant say as a state like texas, hey, i dont like it, let us in, lets relitigate the whole thing. >> ari, help us understand this for viewers who are non-lawyers. there are basically three pieces to this case. there was the standing question, whether texas was able to show injury here as youre talking about, there was the question of the individual mandate itself and the constitutionality, and the severability. it sound ts like its the standing issue that has hung up this particular case? >> ...