The appeals process to review a ruling that declared the entire Affordable Care Act invalid will have to wait until attorneys for the federal government have funding to proceed. | Fifth Circuit Court Judge Leslie H. Southwick issued a stay in the case Friday, granting a DOJ request.
| | The pause comes three weeks into a partial government shutdown that's poised to become this weekend the longest in U.S. history. |
Democrats challenging the lower court's decision opposed the stay request. Read the full story... |