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The Supreme Court's 6-3 decision to uphold federal tax subsidies under the Affordable Care Act — a ruling that saves Obamacare from doom — is an embarrassing call for the nation's top jurists, Rep. Louie Gohmert tells Newsmax TV.

"The Supreme Court has a lot to be embarrassed about. As a former judge and chief justice, I am extremely embarrassed for them," Gohmert said Thursday on "The Steve Malzberg Show."

"And unfortunately, when you've sold your soul, it's kind of tough to even realize you should be embarrassed, but they should."

The court on Thursday ruled that President Barack Obama's signature healthcare plan did not restrict subsidies to only states that established their own online exchanges. If it hadn't made the ruling, millions of Americans would have lost their subsidies and been unable to afford Obamacare, which would have basically dismantled it.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote: "Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them."

But Gohmert, a Texas Republican, said the legislature had made it crystal clear that states not setting up exchanges would not get subsidies when the Obamacare became law.

"They intended those words. You're not going to get one dime of subsidy unless you set up a state exchange. They meant it if the law is unequivocal and then they realized wow most of these states don't go along with it, they don't agree with this, so wow, we better change the law," Gohmert said.

He said that for now, the healthcare law will continue as it is.

"Hopefully if we either get new leadership or all of a sudden our current leadership grows some leadership ability, then we can start dismantling this thing until it's gone," Gohmert said.