The decision was a 5-4 vote, with the court's four liberal justices joining with the chief justice.
Chief Justice John Roberts,Jr. agreed with the law's conservative critics who said Congress does not have the power to mandate the purchase of a private product such as health insurance.
Roberts explained the Affordable Care Act does not impose a true legal mandate on Americans. It simply requires those who do not have health insurance by 2014 to pay a tax penalty.
Roberts said:
The federal government does have the power to impose a tax on those without health insurance.
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco)and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio)
Chief justice leads Supreme Court's support of healthcare law - latimes.com
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