Health Care Ruling Demonstrates Power of Tax Law, Says Cornell Law Expert

Michael Dorf, a constitutional law expert, former law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy and professor of law at Cornell University, comments on the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act.

He says:

"The Court's decision upholding the Affordable Care Act as a tax demonstrates the power of law. Although political and ideological factors invariably play a part in the decisions of Supreme Court Justices, a cross-ideological majority ruled today that the signal legislative accomplishment of a President's term should not stand or fall on whether Congress used the magic word 'tax.'"