[LostInBayport]

I’m no lawyer, but how can the Court change it to a tax? Congress has to do that!

From a Drudge blurb from the opinion:

'Congress had the power to impose the exaction in Section 5000A under the taxing power, and that Section 5000A need not be read to do more than impose a tax. This is sufficient to sustain it. '

So Roberts actually read the bill, and it drove him mad.

[paul544]

My initial take was that Roberts screwed us, but if you look at his ruling, he appears to be taking a very non-political, strict view of what’s before him. His opinions are full of fluff, but based on the law, even the laws that he may not like.