Harvard University law professor Lawrence Tribe
is a veteran liberal scholar who counts both President Barack Obama
and Chief Justice John Roberts among his former students. In 2012
Tribe had the unique experience of watching one of those former
students cast the deciding vote to secure the existence of the
other’s signature legislative achievement. I refer of course to
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius,
in which Roberts led the Supreme Court in
upholding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act.
In light of yesterday’s conflicting decisions by two different
federal appellate courts—one of which ruled that the tax subsidies
issued through federally run health care exchanges in 36 states
are illegal while the other court
upheld those subsidies—it now appears that the Supreme Court
may once again get the opportunity to decide Obamacare’s fate. And
in a
recent interview with The Fiscal Times, Professor
Tribe offered this prediction about how the Roberts Court is likely
to rule this time around. “I don’t have a crystal ball,” Tribe
said. “But I wouldn’t bet the family farm on this coming out in a
way that preserves Obamacare.”
For more on yesterday’s Obamacare rulings, see
here.
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