The US Department of Justice requested the Supreme Court to invalidate the Affordable Care Act, CNN reported.

As Solicitor General Noel Francisco said when certain provisions of the law are repealed, "the remainder of the ACA should not be allowed to remain in effect." US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized such a decision by the US presidential administration.

"President Trump and the Republicans' campaign to rip away the protections and benefits of the Affordable Care Act in the middle of the coronavirus crisis is an act of unfathomable cruelty," she said in a statement Thursday.

According to Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, today, Trump administration 'is filing a brief with the Supreme Court to rip health care coverage away from 23 million Americans — including 224,000 Wisconsinites.'