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I'm trying... ♪ yippiekiyay. ♪ mom. ♪ no shortage of breaking news tonight, including this. it concerns the affordable care act. moments ago a federal judge in texas said that the law's individual coverage mandate is unconstitutional and that because it was taken out in the tax bill, the rest of the law must also fall. so, we know the supreme court has already upheld key provisions on several occasions,
Individual coverage mandate is unconstitutional, so in his opinion the entire law is invalid. many states are vowing to fight back and appeal calling the ruling an assault while president trump who campaigned vigorously against obamacare takes a victory lap on twitter, touting the new ruling. we're joined by supreme court reporter arian devogue. why did the judge make this ruling now? >> this is a really broad ruling, and it's a huge win for the critics of obamacare, and basically, he said not only is the individual mandate unconstitutional, but then he strikes the whole thing. he's one distri...
Anticorruption laws by seeking to leverage his government position for personal gain. there has been no response from pruett's office. earlier today, president trump said that pruitt is doing a great job at the epa. the trump administration says it will no longer cover key parts of obamacare including the coverage mandate and pre-existing medical conditions denial. republican led states are suing to strike down the entire law. they say the recent move by congress to root appeal a decision to require them to pay a fine makes the entire act unconstitutional. the industry trade group says removin...
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Everybody ought to have healthcare. and i think philosophically what did the republicans have to offer? the obamacare bill said universal healthcare. the bill that ryan was offering was, how could you, other than we made a promise we want to keep it, what was the essence of it? there wasn't. and secondly, there was the technical issue. which is that ryan crafted a bill to fit the technical requirements of what was called reconciliation in the senate, which is why he could not include in the bill the things that would have satisfied the conservatives, tort reform, stripping out the requirements...