Don't call it a mandate — it's a tax  —  Salvaging the idea that Congress did have the power to try to expand health care to virtually all Americans, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld the constitutionality of the crucial - and most controversial — feature of the Affordable Care Act.

Supreme Court upholds health care law  —  Supporters of the Affordable Healthcare Act gather in front of the Supreme Court before the court's announcement of the legality of the law in Washington.  —  In a dramatic victory for President Barack Obama, the Supreme Court upheld …

For SCOTUSblog, one goal: ‘Beat everybody’ and break news of health-care ruling  —  Linda Davidson/THE WASHINGTON POST - Lyle Denniston, 81, has covered the Supreme Court for nearly six decades.  After working at several newspapers, he joined SCOTUSblog in 2004, though he says he has “no patience” for computers.

The Mandate As Tax  —  Chief John Roberts may have flinched from doing what his fellow Republican-appointed justices were willing to do — strike down the individual mandate as a violation of the Commerce Clause — but he did so in a clever way.  He resurrected an earlier argument …

Supreme Court Lets Health Law Largely Stand  —  WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Thursday largely let stand President Obama's health care overhaul, in a mixed ruling that court observers were rushing to analyze.  —  The decision was a striking victory for the president and Congressional Democrats …

Obama'S Legacy At Risk After Winning Health-Care Fight  —  The outcome of a 100-year fight for U.S. national health care rests on the verdict today of nine justices, who will emerge from behind a red velvet curtain.  —  Just four months before the presidential election …

Supreme Court backs healthcare law in vindication for Obama  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the insurance mandate in President Obama's healthcare law, a stinging defeat for conservatives who had insisted the law is unconstitutional.  —  The decision vindicates Obama and congressional Democrats …

E.J. Dionne Jr.  —  Justice Scalia must resign  —  Justice Antonin Scalia needs to resign from the Supreme Court.  —  He'd have a lot of things to do.  He's a fine public speaker and teacher.  He'd be a heck of a columnist and blogger.  But he really seems to aspire to being a politician — and that's the problem.

What the health care ruling means to you  —  (CNN) — The Supreme Court's decision Thursday to uphold the Affordable Care Act means that the predictions about how it will affect Americans remain in place.  —  The court did rule that a part of the law involving Medicaid must change.

Supreme Court to rule Thursday on health-care law  —  The Supreme Court is scheduled to rule on the constitutionality of President Obama's health care legislation Thursday morning, a potentially game-changing, election-year decision that would define the power of the national government …