U.S. News and World Report: on Civil Rights

Anthony Kennedy: Concurred on allowing federal ObamaCare subsidies

The ruling, the 2nd case in which the justices have decided in favor of the Affordable Care Act, preserves benefits for an estimated 6.4 million Americans & deals a crippling blow to the law's Republican opponents, who have attempted to undermine it since its passage in 2010.

The law's architects claimed that subsidies were always meant to be distributed through both federal and state channels, and that the goal of the law was to cover all Americans. The Supreme Court agreed. Roberts said [forbidding federal subsidies] "would destabilize the individual insurance market, and likely create the very 'death spirals' that Congress designed the Act to avoid."

Elena Kagan: Concurred on allowing federal ObamaCare subsidies

The ruling, the 2nd case in which the justices have decided in favor of the Affordable Care Act, preserves benefits for an estimated 6.4 million Americans & deals a crippling blow to the law's Republican opponents, who have attempted to undermine it since its passage in 2010.

The law's architects claimed that subsidies were always meant to be distributed through both federal and state channels, and that the goal of the law was to cover all Americans. The Supreme Court agreed. Roberts said [forbidding federal subsidies] "would destabilize the individual insurance market, and likely create the very 'death spirals' that Congress designed the Act to avoid."

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Concurred on allowing federal ObamaCare subsidies

The ruling, the 2nd case in which the justices have decided in favor of the Affordable Care Act, preserves benefits for an estimated 6.4 million Americans & deals a crippling blow to the law's Republican opponents, who have attempted to undermine it since its passage in 2010.

The law's architects claimed that subsidies were always meant to be distributed through both federal and state channels, and that the goal of the law was to cover all Americans. The Supreme Court agreed. Roberts said [forbidding federal subsidies] "would destabilize the individual insurance market, and likely create the very 'death spirals' that Congress designed the Act to avoid."

Sonia Sotomayor: Concurred on allowing federal ObamaCare subsidies

The ruling, the 2nd case in which the justices have decided in favor of the Affordable Care Act, preserves benefits for an estimated 6.4 million Americans & deals a crippling blow to the law's Republican opponents, who have attempted to undermine it since its passage in 2010.

The law's architects claimed that subsidies were always meant to be distributed through both federal and state channels, and that the goal of the law was to cover all Americans. The Supreme Court agreed. Roberts said [forbidding federal subsidies] "would destabilize the individual insurance market, and likely create the very 'death spirals' that Congress designed the Act to avoid."

Stephen Breyer: Concurred on allowing federal ObamaCare subsidies

The ruling, the 2nd case in which the justices have decided in favor of the Affordable Care Act, preserves benefits for an estimated 6.4 million Americans & deals a crippling blow to the law's Republican opponents, who have attempted to undermine it since its passage in 2010.

The law's architects claimed that subsidies were always meant to be distributed through both federal and state channels, and that the goal of the law was to cover all Americans. The Supreme Court agreed. Roberts said [forbidding federal subsidies] "would destabilize the individual insurance market, and likely create the very 'death spirals' that Congress designed the Act to avoid."

Tom Vilsack: Root out inequities and systemic racism in systems we govern

Accepting the nomination alongside Biden, Vilsack said he would ensure a "diverse and inclusive senior leadership team" in the department, and "continue the important work of rooting out inequities and systemic racism in the systems we govern and the programs we lead."

Jamie R. Smith: Critical race theory not a problem in South Dakota schools

Noem in turn said she was working to elevate parents' voices in education and accused Smith of being a proponent of so-called critical race theory--an academic framework that examines American history through the lens of racism. He said that is not a problem in South Dakota's schools.