Chief Justice Roberts

John Roberts, the Supreme Court and the politics of judicial legitimacy: Tuesday July 3, 12 - 1 pm

Three law professors and constitutional experts discuss Thursday's Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act and Chief Justice John Roberts' shift to the more liberal side, a move that saved the health care overhaul, surprised the political left and angered the right. In finding the law legitimate on tax grounds, after rejecting the individual insurance mandate as a regulation of commerce, was the Chief Justice concerned less with law than with the court's credibility with the American public?



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