1.0CLP Bloghttps://clpblog.citizen.orgScott Michelmanrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="bUmRBJHxhK"><a href="https://clpblog.citizen.org/sen-ron-johnsons-obamacare-challenge-fails-at-7th-circuit/">Sen. Ron Johnson’s Obamacare challenge fails at 7th Circuit</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://clpblog.citizen.org/sen-ron-johnsons-obamacare-challenge-fails-at-7th-circuit/embed/#?secret=bUmRBJHxhK" width="600" height="338" title="“Sen. Ron Johnson’s Obamacare challenge fails at 7th Circuit” — CLP Blog" data-secret="bUmRBJHxhK" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Affirming a district court's dismissal, the Seventh Circuit held that Sen. Johnson of Wisconsin did not have standing to challenge federal rules implementing Obamacare coverage for members of Congress and their staffs. Johnson's primary argument was that he suffered electoral/reputational injury by being subject to Obamacare coverage. The court rejected that argument because Johnson was [...]