Obamacare Will Get Its Day In Court

The White House is asking the Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of the healthcare reform law. C.H. at DiA sees no upside:

If the court rejects the individual mandate, it will wipe out (or, at least, severely damage) the biggest achievement of Mr Obama’s first term. In the best case scenario for the president, the court will uphold the mandate. But that would just rally the Republican troops in the middle of the election campaign, making them even more eager to kick Mr Obama out of the White House. Regardless of the outcome, the case will focus attention on the most unpopular aspect of a law that many already view unfavourably.

Timothy Noah differs.