More than half of Americans say the Supreme Court should rule that the health overhaul law's requirement to have health insurance or pay a fine is unconstitutional, a study from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds.

The poll by the nonpartisan foundation finds that 54 percent of those surveyed say the Supreme Court should rule against the mandate while only 17 percent say the court should uphold it and 29 percent either don't know or didn't answer.

Roughly mirroring public views on the mandate, 55 percent of the public say they expect the Justices to find the mandate unconstitutional and 29 percent expect the Justices to find it constitutional.

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