On November 10, 2020, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Texas v. California. The issues before the court were whether the unconstitutional individual mandate to purchase minimum essential coverage is severable from the remainder of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act as well as whether the district court properly declared the ACA invalid in its entirety and unenforceable anywhere.

Iyla Somin joins us for this special, extended edition episode of SCOTUScast. Mr. Somin is a Professor of Law at the Antonin Scalia Law School of George Mason University.