Brutal: Supreme Court Largely Upholds Obamacare

Brutal: Supreme Court Largely Upholds Obamacare: In a complex ruling, the Supreme Court has largely upheld the controversial Obamacare law. The Court struck down the individual mandate as an unconstitutional penalty under the Commerce Clause, but upheld it as a permissible tax. It also limited the expansion of Medicaid spending under Obamacare, which states had argued was a violation of the Tenth Amendment.

Overall, the decision is a political victory for the Obama administration--but may energize conservatives to turn out to the polls in November, both to back Republican Mitt Romney's promise to repeal the law, and to prevent Obama from packing the Court with liberal justices.

There were four issues to be decided in the case, formally known as NFIB v. Sebelius:

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