That wouldn’t bother John Roberts, either.
The operations of the USSC are sometimes weird. A law might have fatal Constitutional problems, but if the exactly correct challenge is not brought in a particular case the USSC won’t necessarily generate that challenge on behalf of one of the appellants. I think that’s being lax, but as I see it, we can wail about the system we wish we had or else use the system we do to the best of our capabilities. The door for a follow up seems clear enough: bring a fresh challenge to it as a tax. There are enough constitutional misfeatures to strike it down as a tax.
Nope,he's exempt (as are so many other members of the "Beautiful People").Never will he have to wait for six months for a heart operation as they currently do in Britain and Canada and as we soon will under Osama Obama Care.