Catholic Culture: Writing for the majority in a hotly contested 5-4 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts said that the individual mandate—the requirement that every citizen must purchase health insurance—was in effect a tax. “Because the Constitution permits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness,” he wrote. The dissenting justices, in a joint opinion, said: “In our view, the act before us is invalid in its entirety.” Read more here with links.
