SHORT STORY: Conservatives were not allowed to cut off subsidies and destroy Obamacare
"In a moment of high drama, Chief Justice John Roberts sent a bolt of tension through the Court when he soberly announced that he would issue the majority opinion in the case. About two-thirds of the way through his reading, it became clear that he again would be responsible for rescuing Obamacare.
"Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them," Roberts wrote in the majority opinion. "If at all possible, we must interpret the Act in a way that is consistent with the former, and avoids the latter."
JUSTICES IN AGREEMENT
John Roberts
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagan
Stephen Breyer
Anthony Kennedy
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He was joined by Justice Anthony Kennedy
-- who is often the Court's swing vote -- and the four liberal justices.
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