Sessions Does Not Defend Essential Parts of Obamacare

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill Oct. 18, 2017 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

In a rare move, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has chosen to have the Department of Justice (DOJ) argue in court for the unconstitutionality of parts of a federal statute, the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

The DOJ responded in the federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas on June 7 to a lawsuit filed by Texas, joined by 19 other states, that argues that the act is unconstitutional.