We've just witnessed a milestone in the history of the SupremeCourt. For six hours over the course of three days, lawyers arguedover the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, whileprotestors, thrill seekers and political candidates mingled on thesteps outside. The court hasn't afforded a case this much of itsprecious time since it considered the Voting Rights Act back in1966.
While this isn't Marbury v. Madison or even Brownv. Board of Education, it's certainly on par with a Roe v.Wade or a Bush v. Gore. Cases like these come alongabout once in a decade, and some—like this one—help define us as ademocracy still struggling with growing pains. And come June, we'llfind out how this one turned out and move on from there.
(And, yes, we will move on no matter how this turns out.)
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