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Supreme Court upholds health-care law, individual mandate The Supreme Court’s decision Thursday is a major victory for the White House less than five months before the November election. The law will affect the health-care choices of millions of Americans.
June 28, 2012
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) relays the news to her staff on Capitol Hill that the Supreme Court just upheld the individual mandate, the central component of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Pelosi, the former speaker of the House, was instrumental in helping to pass health-care reform in Congress, and was at President Obama's side when he signed it into law.
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June 28, 2012
Outside the Supreme Court, opponents of President Obama's health-care plan -- from left, Keli Carender of Seattle, Jenny Beth Martin of Atlanta and David Walls-Kaufman of the District -- square off in a heated discussion with supporter Michael Paysour of the District.
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June 28, 2012
The Rev. Rob Schenck, left, Rev. Alan Church, in back middle, and Pastor Gary Dull, members of the National Clergy Council, pray in front of the court.
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June 28, 2012
Supporters of the health-care law gather outside the Supreme Court to hear the verdict in the much-anticipated case in Washington. The high court upheld the law in a 5 to 4 ruling, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joining the majority.
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June 28, 2012
Lisa Nancollas of Lewistown, Pa., a member of the Miffling County Tea Party, joins a throng of protesters outside the Supreme Court as the ruling is announced.
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June 28, 2012
Susan Clark of Venice, Calif., protests outside the Supreme Court. The court ruled in favor of the law.
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June 28, 2012
Tea party supporters chant “Obamacare has got to go” outside the Supreme Court as they wait for a ruling.
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June 28, 2012
Protesters and supporters of the health-care law came dressed in garb and ready to be interviewed by scores of reporters outside the Supreme Court.
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June 28, 2012
Jennifer Carpenter-Peak dances to the drumbeat outside the Supreme Court as supporters and protesters of the health-care law gather.
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June 28, 2012
Ann Clancy, 18, of Ferrisburgh, Vt., reacts with excitement on hearing that the Supreme Court had upheld the health-care mandate.
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June 28, 2012
The Rev. Rob Boland was comforted by a friend after hearing the high court's decision.
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June 28, 2012
Crowds gathered outside the Supreme Court, some supporting the health-care law and some opposing it.
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June 28, 2012
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) an opponent of the health-care law, speaks outside the Supreme Court.
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June 28, 2012
Becky Ogle of Knoxville, Tenn., a board member of Disability Power and Pride, offers high fives after the Supreme Court upheld the health-care mandate.
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June 28, 2012
Shayna Cherry yells out to a friend as the announcement was made that the Supreme Court had upheld the health-care mandate.
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June 28, 2012
Spectators watch from across the street the carnival atmosphere in front of the Supreme Court building as supporters and opponents of President Obama's health-care law awaited the Supreme Court's decision.
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June 28, 2012
Angela Botticella, center, of Protect Your Care & Know Your Care, celebrates with a supporter of President Obama's signature health-care legislation after the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the law, outside the high court’s building.
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June 28, 2012
A placard-bearing protester rallies in front of the Supreme Court.
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June 28, 2012
Protesters against the Obama administration's health-care law gather outside the Supreme Court. On the last day of its term, the court voted to uphold the law and its controversial individual mandate.
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June 28, 2012
Protestors converge outside the Supreme Court — but their cast shadows did not extend to the high court’s decision, which ruled 5-4 that Congress “has the power to impose” the individual mandate under its taxing authority.
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June 28, 2012
Tea party supporter William Temple, “Don’t Tread on Me” flag in tow, protests against President Obama's 2010 health-care law outside the Supreme Court.
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June 28, 2012
A women protests against the administration's health-care law in front of the Supreme Court.
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June 28, 2012
A women holds a sign while protesting the administration's health-care law in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. The court, in a sharply divided 5 to 4 decision, upheld the law.
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June 28, 2012
People wait on line for passes to enter the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Saving its perhaps most controversial case for last, the court voted 5 to 4 to uphold President Obama’s health-care law on the last day of its term.
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June 28, 2012
A man rolls up a sleeping pad after waiting overnight outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. He had been camping out in advance of the court’s decision on President Obama’s health-care law, which was upheld Thursday in a sharply divided 5 to 4 decision, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joining justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen G. Breyer and Elena Kagan in the majority.
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