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Obamacare Fans See Supreme Court Case Unraveling

February 14, 2015 at 12:28 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 88 Comments

“Supporters of Obamacare think they’ve found a fatal flaw in the GOP-led legal challenge to the healthcare law at the Supreme Court,” The Hill reports.

“Legal experts in favor of the Affordable Care Act say new information unearthed about the plaintiffs in King v. Burwell could derail the case before the justices have a chance to rule.”

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