Editorial Board
Court Can’t Let Broccoli Get in Way of Health Care Law
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Once upon a time, the health-care debate was political. It was messy and mean and occasionally absurd, but it made progress, and the result was an imperfect but historic law justifiably seen as President Barack Obama’s legacy.
Today, the legal debate over health care reaches the Supreme Court. But not only is the president’s legacy on trial, so is the court’s. Almost as important as what the court says -- and we think the case against the law is pretty thin -- will be how it says it: The purpose of the judicial branch is to provide guidance and clarity to the other two branches. A 5-to-4 decision will not do that.