Ruling Could Redefine Federal Power

Tracy Jan, Globe Staff, Boston Globe: Politics
Wed, 06/27/2012 - 7:39pm

Thursday’s highly anticipated Supreme Court ruling on President Obama’s signature domestic achievement to expand health insurance to tens of millions of Americans will undoubtedly inject new drama into the 2012 for president and may reroute the American health care economy. But for all the potential for the case to become a referendum on Obama’s presidency, the historic decision also represents an opportunity for the justices to redefine the reaches of federal power.

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