[ctdonath2]

There is another hypothesis:
Roberts is playing a long game on this. Having made clear the “it’s a fine” justification is an abject failure, he suggested and allowed the “it’s a tax” ruling because the general issue would return on that basis, at which point a solid checkmate totally destroys it. Not doing so would have established mushier conditions whereby 0care would have survived further assault.

One does not join SCOTUS by being stupid. Misguided, perhaps, but not stupid.

[SamuraiScot]

he suggested and allowed the “it’s a tax” ruling because the general issue would return on that basis, at which point a solid checkmate totally destroys it.

That's interesting. Also intellectually beyond me to game out. Kudos to you, you may be correct. You're certainly right about the level most of them play at. I guess we'll find out.

[rodguy911]

If you are going with the theory that Robert's made it a tax so it would be easy to get rid of that one makes little sense.

Why put the nation through years of obamacare when it was clearly illegal on so many fronts to begin with,poor argument.

That argument, once again only makes sense if he was compromised a needed to look so brilliant that he was looking above everyone else. Once again hard to fathom. Basically, that one only works if he is being blackmailed and he needs something, anything to justify such a crazy finding as zerocare as a tax.