Federal judge in Texas rules 'Obamacare' unconstitutional; California vows to appeal
WASHINGTON - A federal judge in Texas declared the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional on Friday, issuing a blockbuster ruling that threatens to throw insurance markets into chaos and strip health coverage from tens of millions of patients nationwide.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor hands a victory to 20 Republican governors and state attorneys general who sued to wipe out the 2010 health care law, widely known as Obamacare. But it could create a massive political headache for Republicans in Congress, who lost control of the House in November in large part because Democrats accused them of seeking to undermine
