Editorial: The Supreme Court’s Obamacare ruling disappoints the conspiracy theorists

IN ADVANCE of the Supreme Court taking its third crack at Obamacare, there was feverish speculation. The justices would vote according to their preferred policy outcomes, some said, striking down the subsidies that underpin the policy. Or the court’s conservatives would act to help Republican presidential candidates, preserving the subsidies to prevent a policy disaster for which the GOP would be blamed. Or maybe Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. would do whatever he thought was in the best interests of the institution of the Supreme Court. Read full article >>