Obamacare Backers See Hope in Roberts Opinion in Non-Health Case

Chief Justice John Roberts may have assured advocates fighting to save Obamacare that he plans to save the law a second time.

In striking down a provision of the Dodd-Frank Act that protected the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from being fired and leaving the agency intact, Roberts signaled Monday that he may do something similar with the Affordable Care Act—toss out its mandate to buy insurance without throwing out the entire law, health lawyers say.

The high court’s 5-4 ruling in Seila Law LLC v. CFPB has nothing to do with health care, but it asks ...