Enlarge David Goldman/APAn officer stands outside the Supreme Court as media and the public gather Thursday.
Live updates about the Supreme Court's decision today that the Affordable Care Act is constitutional:
Update at 10:24 a.m. ET. The Lede:
"The Supreme Court has upheld President Obama's signature health care law," NPR's Carrie Johnson writes. "Chief Justice John Roberts says the individual mandate survives because the penalty it imposes for not having insurance is considered a tax."
Also, NPR reports, "on the issue of the Medicaid expansion, a majority of the court said Congress can expand Medicaid, but can't strip states of all their Medicaid funds if they fail to do the expansion."
Update at 10:21 a.m. ET. "Yes We Did!":
Supporters of President Obama broke out in chants of "Yes We Did!" outside the court building as word came that the law has been upheld.
Update at 10:19 a.m. ET. The "Money Quote":
According to SCOTUSBlog, "the money quote from the section on the mandate is: 'Our precedent demonstrates that Congress had the power to impose the exaction in Section 5000A under the taxing power, and that Section 5000A need not be read to do more than impose a tax. This is sufficient to sustain it."
Update at 10:14 a.m. ET. "Entire ACA Is Upheld:"
According to SCOTUSBlog, "the bottom line [is that] the entire ACA [Affordable Care Act] is upheld, with the exception that the federal government's power to terminate states' Medicaid funds is narrowly read."
Update at 10:10 a.m. ET. Individual Mandate Is Constitutional:
In a dramatic conclusion to the year's most divisive legal debate, SCOTUSBlog says the U.S. Supreme Court has just ruled that the so-called individual mandate in the 2010 Affordable Care Act is constitutional — a decision that it's believed means the entire law passed by President Obama survives.