Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for himself, Justice Anthony Kennedy and the four liberal justices that:

“Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them… If at all possible, we must interpret the Act in a way that is consistent with the former, and avoids the latter.”

Justice Antonin Scalia wrote the dissent, joined by Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, suggesting that the health care reform should be called SCOTUScare because the high court has now intervened twice to save the flawed law.

The opinion is available here: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-114_qol1.pdf

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Anne Tucker teaches and researches contracts, corporations, securities regulations, and investment funds.

Tucker’s research focuses on three areas of business law. The first is on the regulation and administration of funds (both public and private funds) and how pooled investments can achieve significant…

Anne Tucker teaches and researches contracts, corporations, securities regulations, and investment funds.

Tucker’s research focuses on three areas of business law. The first is on the regulation and administration of funds (both public and private funds) and how pooled investments can achieve significant personal and social ends, such as retirement security and private funding for social entrepreneurship. Second, she focuses on impact investing and contract terms that reinforce impact objectives alongside financial returns. Third, she studies corporate governance, including the role of institutional investors as shareholders. Read More