Roberts Switched his Health Care Reform Vote, CBS reports
This gives credence to the reports that Ginsberg gave the Dissenting Opinion and he did flip his vote in the waning days.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/...h-care-reform-vote-cbs-reports-153056293.htmlOriginally, Chief Justice John Roberts had decided to strike down the health care reform law's individual mandate after oral arguments in March, CBS News reported over the weekend. But sometime over the next six weeks, he changed his mind, bitterly disappointing his fellow conservatives on the court.
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CBS News' Jan Crawford reported that two unnamed sources with knowledge of the deliberations told her that Justice Anthony Kennedy, usually the court's swing vote, launched a "relentless" but unsuccessful campaign to get Roberts to come back to the fold after he changed his mind and joined the court's liberal wing. Kennedy was flatly opposed to the law and joined the three conservative justices in writing an unsigned dissent that pointedly refused to engage with Roberts' majority opinion. The justices did not sign on to any part of Roberts' opinion, even portions with which they agreed.
This gives credence to the reports that Ginsberg gave the Dissenting Opinion and he did flip his vote in the waning days.