WASHINGTON: A federal judge in Texas ruled Friday (Saturday in Manila) that the US health care law known as Obamacare is unconstitutional — a ruling that opposition Democrats vowed to appeal.

US District Judge Reed O’Connor’s ruling came in a lawsuit filed by several Republican state attorneys general and a governor opposed to the federal government health plan, known officially as the Affordable Care Act.

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