By upholding the mandate under the taxing power, they say, the Court has allowed the health care law to stand, but has also taken an important step toward limiting the power of the federal government by ruling, for only the third time since the FDR administration, that Congress exceeded its power under the commerce clause.
If the Clinton Administration has become a party to the Iraqgate cover-up, however, it can be expected to resort to the ultimate step: dropping some (if not all) of the charges against Christopher Drogoul in the hope of limiting further revelations.