A scalpel, a bulldozer and the Affordable Care Act

The Supreme Court will hear argument Tuesday in one of the terms biggest blockbusters: California v. Texas, the constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Act. A group of Republican-governed states say the laws individual insurance mandate is unconstitutional and they are asking the court to strike down the entire law along with the mandate. Lydia Wheeler, a senior legal reporter for Bloomberg Law, sits down with SCOTUStalk host Amy Howe to preview the case and discuss how the three newbies on the bench Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett may approach the constitutionality of the mandate and the legal doctrine known as severability.

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This post will be updated with the full transcript.