WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court has brought in two more lawyers to argue in front of them next year as justices decide the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

The court on Friday asked veteran lawyers H. Bartow Farr III and Robert A. Long to be part of next March's arguments.

The justices will decide whether the government has the power to force people to buy health insurance or pay a tax penalty in 2015.

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