Supreme Court Declines to Overturn ACA — Again
Justices rule that Republican state officials and individuals did not have standing when they brought a suit arguing that a change in the tax penalty for not having insurance invalidated the historic health care law. (Julie Rovner,
6/17)
Scroll below for full coverage of the Supreme Court’s decision on Obamacare.
Heat Wave Grips California: Across the Bay Area, residents braced for the worst day of a potentially record-breaking heat wave Thursday that could see temperatures rise as high as 110 degrees. In Southern California, an excessive-heat warning was in effect through 9 p.m. Saturday. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times. Continued coverage, below.
California Must Speed Up Transfers To Psychiatric Facilities, Court Rules: California can’t lock up people for months in jails after they have been found mentally incompetent to stand trial, a state appeals court said. The state has 28 days to place defendants in treatment facilities. Read more from AP and the Los Angeles Times.
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AP:
Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge To Obama Health Law
The Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the Obama era health care…
