DOJ Flips Under Biden, Now Tells Supreme Court Obamacare Is Constitutional

DOJ Flips Under Biden, Now Tells Supreme Court Obamacare Is Constitutional
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Feb. 1, 2020. Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images
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President Joe Biden’s Justice Department told the Supreme Court on Feb. 10 that it no longer thinks the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, is unconstitutional, and it urged the court to uphold the health care law.

The shift in legal position represents a reversal from the Trump administration’s stance that Obamacare should be invalidated because a key provision of the law, referred to as the “individual mandate,” is unconstitutional.