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10 Best Commentaries After Supreme Court Health-Care Arguments

A lot of people are spilling a lot of words on the three days of health-care arguments. The Daily Beast pulls together some of the best commentary.

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After three days of oral arguments before the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, there will now be months of suspense and agonizing over whether this signature provision of the Obama administration will survive. In the meantime, The Daily Beast gathers some of the best commentary on the arguments and the look ahead from across the political spectrum.

‘Obamacare's Day in Court: Good for Single Payer?’

Adam Serwer, Mother JonesMarch 29, 2012

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‘Judicial Activists in the Supreme Court’

E.J. Dionne, The Washington PostMarch 29, 2012

‘The Supreme Court: Conservatism’s Intellectual Crown Jewel’

Peter Wehner, Commentary MagazineMarch 28, 2012

‘In Defense of Don Verrilli’

Simon Lazarus, The New RepublicMarch 29, 2012

‘A Moment of Silence for Obamacare’

Dahlia Lithwick, SlateMarch 28, 2012

‘Parties Brace for Fallout in Court’s Ruling on Health Care’

Jeff Zeleny, The New York TimesMarch 29, 2012

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‘Obamacare’s Most Influential Legal Critic on Tuesday’s Oral Arguments’

Ezra Klein, The Washington PostMarch 27, 2012

‘6–3 to Uphold’

Noah Millman, The American ConservativeMarch 27, 2012

‘The ObamaCare Reckoning’

The Wall Street JournalMarch 29, 2012

‘Did Liberals Screw Obamacare?’Michael Tomasky, The Daily BeastMarch 29, 2012