24,000 deaths

A Republican federal appeals court appears determined to strike down Obamacare A panel of two Republicans and one Democrat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments on Tuesday in a case asking them to repeal the Affordable Care Act in its entirety. The Democrat did not speak, although she remains overwhelmingly likely to reject this attack on Obamacare. The Republicans, by contrast, came to court today wearing their partisan hats. When Samuel Siegel, the first of two lawyers defending the law, was at the podium for his portion of the arguments, Judges Jennifer Elrod and Kurt Englehardt peppered him with questions, many of them delivered in a mocking tone. At one point, Englehardt even accused Siegel of making an argument that betrays the American Revolutionary War. The most ominous sign of all is that the Republicans spent a considerable amount of time discussing what would be the appropriate scope of a court order striking the Affordable Care Act — a matter that obviously is only relevant if they intend to strike the law. What’s at stake? An estimated 24,000 Americans will die every single year, who otherwise would have lived, if Obamacare is ultimately struck down. [READ MORE]( [15-year-old migrant girl says border agent sexually assaulted her while other officers watched]( [READ MORE]( [UK ambassador to the US who called Trump ‘uniquely dysfunctional’ steps down]( [READ MORE]( [Federal judge smacks down Trump’s latest census citizenship question plan]( [READ MORE]( [The list of people attending the White House social media summit is something else]( [READ MORE]( [Trump’s attempts to smear Christopher Steele just hit a roadblock]( [READ MORE]( [When it comes to Twitter, Trump can’t have it both ways, appeals court rules]( [READ MORE]( CAPAF | ThinkProgress Center for American Progress Action Fund 1333 H Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 United States This email was sent to{EMAIL}. [unsubscribe](