The Supreme Court decided Thursday to uphold subsidies provided by federally-run exchanges under the Affordable Care Act in a 6-3 ruling that keeps the heavily debated law intact.
Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the majority opinion while Justice Antonin Scalia penned a scathing dissent.
Americans quickly swarmed Twitter to voice their opinions on the latest Obamacare ruling, King v. Burwell.
Scalia: “it rewrites the law to make tax credits available everywhere. We should start calling this law SCOTUScare.”
— STU BURGUIERE (@WorldOfStu) June 25, 2015
Supreme Court rules US President is the US Congress, and also the US Supreme Court — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) June 25, 2015
As Scalia notes in the dissent, this is not just about obamacare. The “statutory somersaults” made by court will ruin honest jurisprudence
— Daniel Horowitz (@RMConservative) June 25, 2015
We need Consumer Care, not ObamaCare. — Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 25, 2015
Obamacare now really is the law that John Roberts wrote #KingvBurwell
— Jonathan H. Adler (@jadler1969) June 25, 2015
Scalia’s dissent: “We should start calling this law SCOTUScare.” Yup. The system’s a charade at this point anyway, so what the hell. — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 25, 2015
Yes! SCOTUS affirms what we know is true in our hearts & under the law: Health insurance should be affordable & available to all. -H
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 25, 2015
RobertsCare — Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) June 25, 2015
A moral victory for typos.
— Zachary Goldfarb (@Goldfarb) June 25, 2015
The government won the decision, but Scalia won King v. Burwell. This dissent is unstoppably entertaining. pic.twitter.com/SG0Exq908e — Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) June 25, 2015
So this is what it felt like when the Roman Empire began to collapse, huh?
— RB (@RBPundit) June 25, 2015
By not using Chevron, SCOTUS saved Republican presidential candidates from having to promise to yank away people’s subsidies if elected. — Josh Barro (@jbarro) June 25, 2015
Scalia coins another legal term of art to slam the Roberts opinion: “interpretive jiggery-pokery”
— Russell Berman (@russellberman) June 25, 2015
#SCOTUS majority: Yea, you may want clear language, but we can do what we want pic.twitter.com/y3P1DIRPD3 — Dr. Michael Bitzer (@CatawbaPolitics) June 25, 2015
If you want to get rid of Obamacare, elect a GOP President and help the GOP keep the Senate. There are no shortcuts.
— AG (@AG_Conservative) June 25, 2015
Obamacare is the law of the nation. Republicans should stop wasting the time of the American people by trying to repeal it. Let’s move on. — Senator Harry Reid (@SenatorReid) June 25, 2015
#SCOTUS has NO authority to rescue Congress from creating bad law. #Burwell ruling is an out-of-control act of judicial tyranny. #ObamaCare — Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) June 25, 2015
Words don’t mean anything. Laws don’t mean anything. The law is, apparently, whatever Obama says it is. — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) June 25, 2015
The Democrats didn’t pass Obamacare overnight. Republicans need to invest the same dedication, time, and energy to repeal it. — Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) June 25, 2015
And now Republicans who are relieved they don’t have to save the ACA get to excoriate the Court. It’s cake and eat it too day. — Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) June 25, 2015
“SCOTUS bent over backwards to fix the law, and it’s STILL wreaking havoc on the US healthcare system.” Coming soon to a TV ad near you. — Lachlan Markay (@lachlan) June 25, 2015
Preview of Obama statement on #SCOTUS decision in #KingvBurwell pic.twitter.com/LBArAPKVdT — Ben White (@morningmoneyben) June 25, 2015
Bill Clinton 1998: “It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is” #SCOTUS 2015: It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘State’ is — Chandler Epp (@chandlerepp) June 25, 2015
Does Obama invite John Roberts over for popcorn & a movie? Second time the chief justice has saved Obamacare — HowardKurtz (@HowardKurtz) June 25, 2015
So I guess Obama’s Huge Lie about Jon Gruber just bein’ another guy from around the neighborhood was enough for Roberts and Kennedy. — TheUltraYachtLife (@AceofSpadesHQ) June 25, 2015
If you’re a Republican candidate, this lets you stay on track and not spend a year with weeper ads on “x took my subsidddddy” — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 25, 2015
The judiciary, John Roberts included, is now just the water boy for the welfare state. pic.twitter.com/c28g5XgEDD — Andrea Tantaros (@AndreaTantaros) June 25, 2015