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And not very convincingly...Dewey beats Truman

by fred.barbash 6/28/2012 2:18:16 PM
What do you suppose the GOP talking points will be on this? The Speaker already put out talking points that assumed it was being struck down.

by fred.barbash edited by Arlyn Gajilan 6/28/2012 2:19:50 PM
It was the Medicaid expansion - not the individual mandate - that would have provided coverage to the most uninsured Americans because it would have added coverage for so many Americans who are less well-off. Interesting to see what final call is on how the ruling addresses them.

by patricia.zengerle 6/28/2012 2:19:53 PM
RT @MahaRafiAtal: The most interesting part of this news is that the swing vote was Roberts, not Kennedy.

by lauren.young via twitter 6/28/2012 2:19:58 PM
RT @felixsalmon: Absolutely astonished and also proud of the Chief Justice right now.

by lauren.young via twitter 6/28/2012 2:20:14 PM
There's a guy out front of the court comparing the U.S. to Chavez' Venezuela..a lot of anger there

by fred.barbash edited by Arlyn Gajilan 6/28/2012 2:21:04 PM
CNN is still explaining itself...more than its explaining the ruling

by fred.barbash 6/28/2012 2:21:29 PM
Stevie Wonder's song--signed sealed and delivered is being played in front of the court

by fred.barbash 6/28/2012 2:21:57 PM
It is so good to see the US join all other developed countries in caring for the health of the less fortunate

by sattahip 6/28/2012 2:22:21 PM
Very pleased for all Americans right now

by Vacant 6/28/2012 2:22:34 PM
VERY happy for all my American family and friends!

by Lileonie 6/28/2012 2:23:26 PM
I am sorry, Justice Roberts, I thought you were partisan!

by Suman 6/28/2012 2:23:34 PM
Can't wait to get all the information out, but I'm so glad for the USA now that we've joined the 20th Century. Perhaps we can get to the 21st now....

by funluvn1 6/28/2012 2:23:56 PM
Orwell's "four feet good, two feet bad" chanting of all those poor, innocent, well meaning people chanting and protesting against a law which is so important to protect them

by Joost de Jong 6/28/2012 2:24:14 PM
Republicans are already coming out pointing out Scotus ruling says the individual mandate is a TAX.

by patricia.zengerle 6/28/2012 2:24:16 PM
It's an unfortunate power grab by the already oversized and too powerfull government.

by If it is not upheld there... 6/28/2012 2:24:24 PM
The GOP will run on a guarantee to strike down the law and push it to the states.

by Bostonian 6/28/2012 2:24:43 PM
What happened to his Majesties pledge 4 years ago to do the will of the people?

by NO TO OBAMA THE KING 6/28/2012 2:24:51 PM
So the conservatives are saying this proofs that "obamacare" is indeed a tax. I guess that's the victory they will pull from this.

by fred.barbash 6/28/2012 2:24:57 PM
Congrats US!!...welcome to the developed World.

by n00n_in_Canada 6/28/2012 2:25:04 PM
We're waiting on the court to release the majority opinion. Will post here ASAP.

by Arlyn Gajilan 6/28/2012 2:25:29 PM
This is the right thing to do.

by pp87 6/28/2012 2:25:47 PM
Congratulations to all Americans!

by Ryan 6/28/2012 2:25:57 PM
In spite of all shortcomings, our Judges are
sane!

by Suman 6/28/2012 2:26:07 PM
@fred.barbash 'this conservative says this is a disgraceful, sick and very totalitarian move to dismiss our liberty. If The Fed would allow deregulation across state lines, we wouldnt be in this disgusting position (which is fully bent over).

by breedlovesTexas 6/28/2012 2:26:21 PM
This is why we need the individual mandate: You never know when you're going to hear a supreme court decision you disagree with and have a heart attack.

by TrueIronPatriot 6/28/2012 2:26:42 PM
So the Commerce Clause turns out to be irrelvant. This then avoids the expansion of Commerce Clause power--at least in the jurisprudential sense--that the conservatives said the feared. The Broccoli Mandate. I don't see a tax being imposed on people who refuse to buy broccoli

by fred.barbash 6/28/2012 2:26:58 PM
So now it is a tax. How will Obama claim that it is not a tax now?

by Jake 6/28/2012 2:27:01 PM
This is a mixed blessing for Obama: the GOP will use it to energize opposition to him.

by Calvin2012 6/28/2012 2:27:34 PM
Well done America!

by no_such_thing_as_death_panels 6/28/2012 2:27:44 PM
So proud of Reuters team at the court. We had it first and had it right!

by AlisonFrankel via twitter 6/28/2012 2:28:10 PM
To finally be a modern country... and have all the freeloaders pay up

by Joost de Jong 6/28/2012 2:28:14 PM
Health care supporters have cranked up the music! #scotus yfrog.com

by josephax via twitter 6/28/2012 2:28:14 PM
Club for Growth: “Today’s Supreme Court decision is unfortunate. ObamaCare is a debacle and an unwarranted intrusion of the federal government into the marketplace,” said Club for Growth President Chris Chocola. “Republicans in Congress should continue to try to repeal ObamaCare in its entirety and replace it with market-based health care policies that will improve quality and bring down costs.”

by fred.barbash 6/28/2012 2:28:31 PM
Pollsters saying this will help Obama

by fred.barbash 6/28/2012 2:28:49 PM
Today’s Supreme Court ruling upholding President Barack Obama’s health care law will give the president an advantage in the race for the White House, says Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

by fred.barbash 6/28/2012 2:29:15 PM
ITea Party Express, the nation’s largest tea party political action committee, has reaffirmed its commitment to repealing Obamacare after the Supreme Court ruled the Affordable Care Act was constitutional.

by patricia.zengerle 6/28/2012 2:29:58 PM
Kennedy is reading his dissent

by fred.barbash 6/28/2012 2:30:21 PM
Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

“You can hear the sigh of relief at the White House,” said Brown. “The decision will certainly be a plus for President Barack Obama’s re-election because it allows the president’s signature achievement to stand. Since politics is the ultimate zero-sum game, what’s good for Obama is bad for Gov. Mitt Romney.

“The decision, however, will allow Romney to continuing campaigning against the law and promising to repeal it.”

by patricia.zengerle 6/28/2012 2:30:24 PM
Amy Kremer, Chairman of the Tea Party Express, said, “The Supreme Court ruled to uphold this unprecedented intrusion of the federal government into our personal health care decisions. The American people still reject this legislation as bad policy and unwanted government interference with their lives. We will continue to work to defeat Obamacare at the ballot box in November by electing fiscal conservatives ready and willing to represent the will of the people by fully repealing every piece of this legislation.
“While we are disappointed in the majority opinion of the Court, we cannot ignore how President Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress squandered over a year of his Administration on an unpopular law rather than address the important economic issues that continue to plague our financial well-being.

by fred.barbash 6/28/2012 2:31:33 PM
Here is the early draft of the #healthcare story, which will continue to be updated at this link: t.co

by ReutersLegal via twitter 6/28/2012 2:33:07 PM
Congressman Jeff Landry of Louisiana: "Today is a tragic day for this republic."

by josephax via twitter 6/28/2012 2:33:10 PM
CNN is reading: Mandate "may reasonably be characterized as a tax..." Roberts. And saying that it is not the court's role to interfere with the taxing power

by fred.barbash 6/28/2012 2:33:13 PM
Good job Reuters team!!!! You reported the decision first and RIGHT
as well!!

by KV 6/28/2012 2:34:14 PM
Considering the expectations, this is either one of the great upsets of all time at the court..or a lesson in the idiocy of expectations.

by fred.barbash 6/28/2012 2:34:32 PM

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