July 10, 2015 10:30AM # The ACA Is Dead — Long Live ObamaCare By [Michael F. Cannon](https://www.cato.org/people/michael-f-cannon) --- SHARE My first, but not remotely my last, [oped](http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-aca-is-dead-long-live-obamacare/article/2567953) on the Supreme Court’s [ruling](http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-114_qol1.pdf) in *King v. Burwell* appears in today’s *Washington Examiner*. Excerpt: > Obamacare supporters are mistaken if they think the Supreme Court’s *King v. Burwell* ruling settles the issue. Even in defeat, *King* threatens Obamacare’s survival, because it exposes Obamacare as an illegitimate law… > > > By overriding the operative language of the statute, the Supreme Court colluded with the president to impose taxes and entitlements that no Congress ever approved; to deprive states of powers Congress granted them to block parts of the ACA; and to disenfranchise Republican and independent voters who swept ACA opponents into state office in 2009, 2010 and 2011 for the purpose of blocking the ACA. > > > The Supreme Court did not lose its legitimacy with *King v. Burwell* — it has made worse mistakes. Obamacare did. Having been rewritten over and over by the president and the Supreme Court rather than Congress, Obamacare cannot claim to be a legitimate law. [Read the whole thing.](http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-aca-is-dead-long-live-obamacare/article/2567953) ##### Related Tags [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Government and Politics](https://www.cato.org/government-politics), [Health Care](https://www.cato.org/health-care), [Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Regulation](https://www.cato.org/regulatory-studies), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).