UPDATE x4: GOP-backed plaintiffs demand carriers be allowed to charge 168 million Americans copays for EVERY #ACA preventative service

UPDATE 7/26/22: Apparently this case is scheduled to be heard by TX District Judge Reed O'Connor today. UPDATE 9/07/22: Annnnd there it is, via SCOTUS, legal & political journalist Chris Geidner: BREAKING: US District Judge Reed O’Connor in Texas rules that requiring employers to provide coverage for PrEP drugs (preventing the transmission of HIV) violates the religious rights of employers under federal law (RFRA). ...O’Connor also rules that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (PSFT) violates the Appointments Clause because he finds the members are officers of the United States not appointed properly. ...O’Connor rejects several other claims, as to Appointments Clause claims and as to the nondelegation doctrine. ...O’Connor, a George W. Bush appointee, regularly rules against Democratic administrations and Democrat-backed policies — leading conservative plaintiffs to seek him out to judge their cases. He has ruled against the ACA or ACA-related policies multiple times. ...O’Connor also has a history of anti-LGBTQ rulings, both as to marriage and Title IX’s sex discrimination ban. He also has a history of overstepping, even in this era, and his rulings have repeatedly been reversed on appeal or effectively overturned by contrary SCOTUS opinions.