US supreme court upholds Obamacare after Republicans seek to gut law

Justices affirm constitutionality of Affordable Care Act amid Republican attacks on key provision

The US supreme court has upheld the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, after Republicans attempted to gut an important provision of the law during the Trump era.

In a 7-2 decision, the court ruled Republican states ultimately did not have standing" or the right to sue. The ruling avoided the issue of whether the tax provision of the law called the individual mandate", and therefore the entire law, was unconstitutional.