Tense wait for Supreme Court’s Obamacare ruling

Sun, 06/24/2012 - 12:59 EDT - Financial Times (ft.com)

Mr Roberts has presided over a bench that has issued an increasing number of 5-4 decisions, a trend that has fuelled suspicions the court is becoming ever-more political

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