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U.S. Supreme Court

Jul. 11, 2012

Obamacare decision in larger focus

After the Obamacare decision it should be abundantly clear how critical it is who sits in the Supreme Court catbird seat. By Glenn C. Smith of case Western School of Law


By Glenn C. Smith


Now that the Supreme Court has - with one potentially important exception - upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, scholars, public officials and pundits are expending substantial energies debating the justices' legal reasoning, the political fallout and the health-policy effects.


It is at least as important to look at the Affordable Care Act fight in broader focus - as a graphic demonstration of the awesome implic...

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