The Trump administration on Friday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject efforts by the U.S. House and others who want the justices to move quickly to review a federal appeals court decision that struck down the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate.

The House and a coalition of 16 Democratic-led states and the District of Columbia filed separate petitions asking the justices to expedite their review of the Dec. 18 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The proposed schedules would allow the court, if it wanted to take up the case, to hear arguments in April or at a special sitting in May.

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