WASHINGTON (AP) — While the rest of us have to wait until June, the justices of the Supreme Court will know the likely outcome of the historic healthcare case by the time they go home this weekend.
After months of anticipation, thousands of pages of briefs, and more than six hours of arguments, the justices will vote on the fate of President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul in under an hour Friday morning. They will meet in a wood-paneled conference room on the court’s main floor. No one else will be present.
In the weeks after this meeting, individual votes can change. Even who wins can change, as the justices read each other’s draft opinions and dissents.
But Friday’s vote, which each justice probably will record and many will keep for posterity, will be followed soon after by the assignment of a single justice to write a majority opinion, or in a case this complex, perhaps two or more justices to tackle different issues. That’s where the hard work begins, with the clock ticking toward the end of the court’s work in early summer.
Read more: http://online.worldmag.com/2012/03/30/justices-meet-friday-to-vote-on-healthcare-case/
After months of anticipation, thousands of pages of briefs, and more than six hours of arguments, the justices will vote on the fate of President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul in under an hour Friday morning. They will meet in a wood-paneled conference room on the court’s main floor. No one else will be present.
In the weeks after this meeting, individual votes can change. Even who wins can change, as the justices read each other’s draft opinions and dissents.
But Friday’s vote, which each justice probably will record and many will keep for posterity, will be followed soon after by the assignment of a single justice to write a majority opinion, or in a case this complex, perhaps two or more justices to tackle different issues. That’s where the hard work begins, with the clock ticking toward the end of the court’s work in early summer.
Read more: http://online.worldmag.com/2012/03/30/justices-meet-friday-to-vote-on-healthcare-case/
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