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How Conservatism Kept Obamacare Alive

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By a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court leaves the Affordable Care Act standing. But not because they like the law.

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Joshua Roberts / Reuters

Today, the Supreme Court voted not to kill Obamacare because of a typo.

More precisely, it ruled, 6-3, that the Affordable Care Act wasn’t meant to kill itself: that a seemingly innocuous phrase (“established by the state”) should not lead to the implosion of the entire health care system, and thus...

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