The Obama administration appealed to the high court an Atlanta federal appeals court ruling in the case filed by the group that deemed the individual mandate unconstitutional but upheld the rest of the law.
“It is now imperative that the Supreme Court rule on whether the entire law can stand without the mandate,” Karen Harned, executive director of NFIB’s Small Business Legal Center, said in a statement.
Only two federal appeals courts have ruled on the constitutionality of the law. The Atlanta court struck down the mandate, while an appeals court in Virginia upheld the law. The differing decisions make a Supreme Court hearing likely.
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