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In an 8-to-1 decision, the court said the government must shield insurers from losses under the Affordable Care Act.The Supreme Court ruled in favor of protection for insurers.Credit...Anna Moneymaker/The New York TimesApril 27, 2020Updated 3:29 p.m. ETWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the federal government must live up to its promise to shield…

On Monday, the Supreme Court voted 8-1 to reject a Republican effort to sabotage parts of the Affordable Care Act. The upshot of this decision is that health insurers will receive payments owed to them under Obamacare’s “risk corridor” program. Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s majority opinion in Maine Community Health Options v. United States, relies on…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday disappointed gun rights advocates who were hoping for a major decision on Second Amendment freedoms when it declined to rule on the merits of a New York City gun restriction that is no longer on the books.By a 6-3 vote, the justices said the case was moot…

The Supreme Court on Monday asked for additional briefings in two cases concerning President Donald Trump's bid to shield his financial documents from Congress.

The high court agreed with insurers that the congressional spending restrictions didn’t release the government from its original promise to fund the Obamacare program. The court said Congress had created "a rare money-mandating obligation" that later appropriations language couldn't repeal. "These holdings reflect a principle as old as the Nation itself: The Government should honor…