Sixth Circuit upholds the Affordable Care Act

In the second of the challenges to the Affordable Care Act to reach an appellate hearing, the court says it's constitutional.

The majority writes: “We find that the minimum coverage provision is a valid exercise of legislative power by Congress under the Commerce Clause and therefore AFFIRM the decision of the district court.”

Thus far, five lower-level district court judges have ruled on the merits of the challenges, with three upholding the law’s constitutionality and two striking down all or part of it. Let's see if this decision gets as much traditional media coverage as those two striking it down.

10:17 AM PT: Here's the opinion [pdf].