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It's Constitutional, B**ches:' Political Fallout From SCOTUS Ruling Examined by 'Real News
June 28, 2012
We knew that no matter how the Supreme Court ruled on ObamaCare Thursday, each side would likely use the decision as a rallying call for their base this November. But with the support for ObamaCare coming from Chief Justice John Roberts rather than the often swing voting Justice Anthony Kennedy, a fly may be in the ointment of the Obama campaign team's plan to run against a partisan, mostly conservative court. With polls showing the race tight and additional polls showing most Americans wanted this law overturned – might this be an opportunity for Romney?
Democrats in Washington D.C. may also be doing themselves a disservice with instances of "spiking the football" for the affirmation of their unpopular law-- Nancy Pelosi throwing a party and the DNC executive director tweeting "It's Constitutional. Bitches" may rub some people the wrong way.
Furthermore, Roberts' defense of the mandate as a taxing power rather than constitutional under the Commerce Clause, challenges claims made by the president that the healthcare law "isn’t a tax."
On "Real News" Thursday the panel discussed how these developments will play out in the general election campaign:
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