07-24-2014, 01:34 PM
(07-22-2014, 04:00 PM)kandrathe Wrote: The DC circuit court ruled 2-1 that it is illegal for the IRS(a federal entity) to give health care subsidies to citizens in States not implementing their own exchanges, and thereby picked up by the Federal exchange.
It's almost certain to be reversed in an en banc review, and the 4th Circuit has made a directly opposite ruling. No need to be concerned yet.
It is, however, a disturbing incidence of rampant textualism and possibly politically motivated adjudication.