it i would not want to put money on right now, if john roberts feels strongly this is unconstitutional, the question is, would he then sort of swallow that and say, ok, if it's only five votes, forget what i think about this, i'm going to join the majority and make it six. i'm not willing to put my money to say he would do. >> that i think what's going to happen, though, is he won't get to that point. he will feel it's unconstitutional or constitutional and there were enough signals -- i think it's a close call -- but there were enough signals he might not have to get to the larger political sphere. >> a lot of people are taken into the world of the supreme court for the first time, something you guys see all the time. are the justices themselves, are they acting any different with this case? >> no, what you see is what we see all the time. by the way, that brings to mind something. because there's a lot of talk about how the lawyers performed and which of them were really good and which aren't. the secret about oral argument is it's not about the lawyers, the justices. it's the first

>> with today's argument about health care reform we wanted to tell you about john roberts, the chiefjustice of the united states. of all the top officials in government, you see and near least from him but it is roberts who will steer this landmark case and help decide the limits of federal power in our lives roberts was nominated to be chief justice in 2005 by president bush. he's the youngest man to get the job in over 200 years. he's 57 and appointed for life so the chief-- as he's known-- may sit at the center of the court for a very long time. chris bartolomucci knows him well. he worked with roberts in a law firm and has since argued a case before him. the chief justice has what kind of intellect? >> first rate. i think he's the most brilliant attorney of his generation and his gift is to take a very, very complicated legal issue, boil it down its essence and frame the issue in a way that makes his argument seem almost inescapable. >> pelley: growing up in indiana roberts was the smartest did in class. he has a history degree from harvard with top honors and a law degree from h

chief justice john roberts today put it bluntly. >> it's a command. a mandate is a command. >> reporter: under the constitution's commerce clause, congress has the power to regulate commerce. but opponents say that doesn't mean it can create commerce by forcing people to buy things they don't want. otherwise the government could force people to buy fuel-efficient cars or health foods. the obama administration says it isn't creating commerce but regulating the existing health care market since uninsured people often use health services they can't pay for which makes health care more expensive for everyone. but today the justices focused on a basic legal question: is it too soon for the court to decide the case? the issue is complex, but the justices were engaged and firing questions. >> how likely is it with the government defending issues? >> at issue is whether the penalty people will have to pay for refusing to buy insurance amounts to a tax. if so, the argument goes, the court won't have legal jurisdiction to hear the case until someone actually pa

i covered many confirmations from sandra o'connor and the last one i covered was john roberts. and with a fascinating work battle 1987 the president does not seek the power of the supreme court nomination , there is not a problem. steven briar risk peter ginsberg made by clinton in the mainstream of centrist democratic thought to work confirm to within weeks within a huge margins. my observation told me confirmation is a piece of cake. that doesn't have been. we have sonya sotomayor a wonderful personal story and higher achievement 17 years as a federal judge and what happened with her confirmation hearing? she was confirmed by all of that garbage of one speech she had made and that y s90 now remark wrenched out of context but was very heart felt. opposition research that dominated the process. a mere handful ended up voting for her. elena kagan, highly accomplished mainstream nominee, was bothered by the whole business of harvard law school not allowing military recruiters to be lawyers in the military. as if she made up that policy. it was a standard policy of the law school

sam alito and and john roberts were appointed to the supreme court and in their confirmation hearings they both said i'm not going to overturn a stablished law i mean a law that has been on the books and recognized by the supreme court since one nine hundred seventy look that upside down that blew it up that's that that is radical law making by the supreme court in order to allow corporations and billionaires to influence our elections it just seems our in our use of billionaires what the supreme court because i reject that yes i do and the vehicle through which they did it was the federalist society. ok we have to agree to disagree on that opinion on that point i respect your opinions but i do not agree with that one some well i think when you know when the heritage foundation is going hundreds of thousands of dollars to clarence thomas' wife and you've got other members of the right wing members of the supreme court coming out of the federalist society you had john roberts in the two thousand election going down to florida to teach george bush's lawyers argued before the united stat

of the federal government to the individual in tte very -3 fundamental way.ttough chief justice john roberts was tough on both sides, giving some hope he ight be persuadee to side with the administration on the mandate question -- the provisionn reeuirinn most ameeicans to have health insurance or pay a penalty.once we sayythat there require people to parriccpate pn it, as some would say ... pt seems to me that e can't say there are limitatiins onn what congress can do under its ccmmerce power all bets are off.the more conservatives & justices also posed multiple hypotheticals, testing the boundaries of the sweepingg &phealth care overhaul..ou can - get buriil insurance. you can get health insurance. most people are going to need heelth care. almost everybody. eeerybodyyis goinn to bee buried or cremated at some point. verybody has to exercise, because there's no doubt that lack of exerccse cause -- causes illness, and phat causee health care costs to go up. o the federal government says everybody has to -- to join a -- an exercise cllb. the obama administration's top llwyer verrilli, diddfi

. >> chief justice john roberts -- the government's lead lawyer argued everybody eventually needs health care. justice scalia countered that they cannot tell you when. these justices seemed to support the mandate. ginsberg compare it to social security. justice kennedy is considered the key swing vote. opponents outside were jubilant. they think that question and others indicate kennedy does not believe congress can mandate coverage. >> we hate to predict that justice kennedy is the key. but i think his first question right out of the shoe that it will be 5-4 to overturn the affordable care act. >> tomorrow something that has not happen in four decades, a full day of oral arguments -- a fourth day of oral arguments on the issue. as medicaid been expanded too broadly and place to bit of a burden on the state? >> thank you. the health-care debate did not play out just-in-time -- hundreds of people demonstrated outside of the court as well. supporters and opponents say the stakes are high. whatever the justices decided the fact millions of people. >> -- could affect millions of people. >> i

senior national correspondent john roberts is in louisiana site of the rick santorum celebration, on e way to puerto rico. good evening, john. >> yes. the party is over here, but this was really a big night for rick santorum. he'd been trailing in all poll goesing into this primary and didn't think he was going to do well. he was circumspect. then, he is going to get a lot of delegates out of this. so will newt gingrich. i managed to speak to him on his way to catching that plane to puerto rico. and i said to him, in you're speech tonight you said it's time now for conservatives to unite to get behind one conservative candidate, propel that person to nomination. i said is it time for newt gingrich to get out? he told me that he doesn't, he's not calling on newt gingrich to do anything but calling on voters and the rest of the primary states to get behind conservative candidate. his contention, bret if newt gingrich would not a factor woe get the majority of newt gingrich's supporters and be able to roll all over mitt romney. the problem is can he get to 1144 delegates? that is the ope

the case against john robert ray came less than a week after a grand jury indicted county executive john leopold. it's being seen by some has fallout from that indictment. in a statement chief ray wrote i have proudly served the citizens of anne arundel county for 34 years and believe my record speaks for itself. he will work closely with the firefighters union to resolve any issues. >>> leslie johnson is expected to serve time in prison today. johnson was sentenced for a year and a day for her role in a corruption scheme with her husband and jack johnson. in a telephone conversation she was told to get rid of a $100,000 check and money she hid in her underwear. >>> looking at temperatures. they are running cooler than they have bfnlt 50 in baltimore. 50 in easton. the overall setup is one of chilly breezes. temperatures continuing to drop. you look good on this friday march but realize this will be getting chillier by 8:00, 9:00, 10:00. tomorrow it's a steady climb to 47 degrees, another wild swing for sunday into next week. we talk about that in just minutes. >> the debate over medical

senior national correspondent john roberts is in louisiana site of the rick santorum celebration, on e way to puerto rico. good evening, john. >> yes. the party is over here, but this was really a big night for rick santorum. he'd been trailing in all poll goesing into this primary and didn't think he was going to do well. he was circumspect. then, he is going to get a lot of delegates out of this. so will newt gingrich. i managed to speak to him on his way to catching that plane to puerto rico. and i said to him, in you're speech tonight you said it's time now for conservatives to unite to get behind one conservative candidate, propel that person to nomination. i said is it time for newt gingrich to get out? he told me that he doesn't, he's not calling on newt gingrich to do anything but calling on voters and the rest of the primary states to get behind conservative candidate. his contention, bret if newt gingrich would not a factor woe get the majority of newt gingrich's supporters and be able to roll all over mitt romney. the problem is can he get to 1144 delegates? that is the ope

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>>neil: we will see, john roberts, thank you. and is the endorsement pressure piling on? michele bachmann has not backed anyone, and she is next. [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. try our easy-to-use scottrader streaming quotes. it's another reason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. >>neil: the media could be crying but a political guru says the math favors, who? >>guest: it is about momentum but at this point we are getting beyond the initial primaries it is money and organization you can build and the delegates you pile up and what we have seen for romney in the states where there is large turn out, larger turn out not primary states he wins. he does not do as well in the smaller town out caucus states and those states that is where the activi

john roberts has that story. >> the georgia law seeks to roll back window from 24 weeks to 20. reason? because the bill sponsor says 20 weeks is when a fetus is sufficiently wired to feel pain. >> they have physiological responses to pain inutero. the heart rate increases. they seek to avoid negative stimuli. >> many doctors disagree that fetus cannot feel pain until 24 or 28 weeks. >> i have a set of twins. >> for georgia state representative, the debate is personal. she had twins die in the out rus and worries about a mother discovering a major birth detect after 20 weeks. >> this bill says if a baby has serious lethal birth defects that the mother will still have to carry it to term. that is just not, that is not good medical science. >> penalty for abortion over 20 weeks is ten years in jail. there are provision for a medical emergency but there is a catch. the abortion must be done in a way to preserve the life of the fetus. >> every week, every day -- >> dr. ruth klein says if a woman's water broke at 22 weeks she would be forced to do emergency c-section rather than lett

with clarence thomas to strike down the individual insurance requirement so it's on kennedy and john roberts. >> if you are looking for a job you may want to head to the job fair in san francisco sponsored by abc7. it gets underway in less than an hour on market street. you need to dress for success. katie was there with a preview of some the jobs available. >> good morning. you wouldn't know it by the weather but let's call it spring and whole new season of job opportunities. take a look at the last hire event. this was in concord at the end of february. there were so many options and organizers are looking for the same today. they are going to be 12 different employers here from lots of different field. they have 400 job openings between them. everything from entry level to management and lots of management. >> we have lots of management positions. lots of i.t. positions. we even have 13 director and assistant positions and one vp position. >> a lot of variety, you can see employers are starting to set up this time this morning. federal reserve has opening and dollar financial and other co

with clarence thomas to strike down the individual insurance requirement so it's on kennedy and john roberts. >> if you are looking for a job you may want to head to the job fair in san francisco sponsored by abc7. it gets underway in less than an hour on market street. you need to dress for success. katie was there with a preview of some the jobs available. >> good morning. you wouldn't know it by the weather but let's call it spring and whole new season of job opportunities. take a look at the last hire event. this was in concord at the end of february. there were so many options and organizers are looking for the same today. they are going to be 12 different employers here from lots of different field. they have 400 job openings between them. everything from entry level to management and lots of management. >> we have lots of management positions. lots of i.t. positions. we even have 13 director and assistant positions and one vp position. >> a lot of variety, you can see employers are starting to set up this time this morning. federal reserve has opening and dollar financial and other co

hello, john roberts, sam of the dough. for tang our system -- thankhello, john berts, sam alito. thank you very much for takg our system and screwing it up. tiem to newt. >> i romney does the math, h is right, they cannot overtake him. the other hand, over the nenext several weeks, there are a number of states for gingrich and santorum. >> he still has the lead, and there isn't somebody else. he had to win ohio, where there would have been a lot of talk about somebody else and it open convention. as long as he keeps chugging along, and telegates don't have an organization, so they keep losing momore delegates, he is going to win. >> newt has to win mississippi and alabama. if he doesn't, he is gone. if he wins one, he will hang on and try to win in louisiana. but then wre does he go? >> texas. >> he will talk about texas. he will hang in t there because it is a matter pride and sort of narcissism but in the end he does not have a path and he knows it. >> he has to win in mississippi and alabama to qualify as a regional cand

last night the fire chief john robert ray received the same treatment. the vote came down 396-14. the union said the effort had been planned long before leopold's indietment. they said the main issue is staffing and there are 60 unfilled positions leaving working firefighters at a potential disadvantage. ray responded saying i have proudly served the citizens of anne arundel for 34 years and believes my record votes for itself. that doesn't mean ray has to step down but their intention was to bring attention to these issues. >>> had some morning cloud cover. you see the sun coming out in earnest allowing the temperatures to get into the mid-50s. temperature wise low 50s now. you can see it's cooler north and west. 43 in manchester. look at these wind gusts so far today. we've gusted to more than 40 in german town, rest ton, nearly 40 in woodbridge. the current steady ones closer to 10 to 15. 50s, breezy and mild. we will be turning cooler quickly as we go into the late evening hours. we'll talk about that and how your weekend is a sort of split scenario. >> abc2 continues to lead

chief justice john roberts wanting to know: is the government -- what's next?a cell phone? hey, jeffchief justice? big difference. everybody is going to need health care. not everybody does need a cell phone, believe it or not. >> that's just one of the issues we will talk this morning along with a lot of others but first, let's go out to los angeles, say good morning to jackie schechner here with the current news update. >> good morning, bill. good morning, everyone. new polling, president obama up in three key swing states, up in pennsylvania, ohio, and florida. the latest quinnipiac poll has his up 49-42, up by six points in ohio and three in pennsylvania. interesting to note he would be up three points over santorum in pennsylvania, that being santorum's home state. two months ago, obama and romney were tied in florida and ohio. obama gets much of the women vote. as the economy improves, so do his numbers. that would explain why he is on a roll right now. as bill mentioned a couple of moments ago, the president has a quiet day today. he has meetings at the

senior national correspondent john roberts is in louisiana site of the rick santorum celebration, on e way to puerto rico. good evening, john. >> yes. the party is over here, but this was really a big night for rick santorum. he'd been trailing in all poll goesing into this primary and didn't think he was going to do well. he was circumspect. then, he is going to get a lot of delegates out of this. so will newt gingrich. i managed to speak to him on his way to catching that plane to puerto rico. and i said to him, in you're speech tonight you said it's time now for conservatives to unite to get behind one conservative candidate, propel that person to nomination. i said is it time for newt gingrich to get out? he told me that he doesn't, he's not calling on newt gingrich to do anything but calling on voters and the rest of the primary states to get behind conservative candidate. his contention, bret if newt gingrich would not a factor woe get the majority of newt gingrich's supporters and be able to roll all over mitt romney. the problem is can he get to 1144 delegates? that is the ope

in birmingham, john roberts, fox news. >> a hearing tomorrow for wisconsin could determine the date foron against scott walker. it's reported that the voting could take place june 5. walker is facing a backlash over support for a law restricting collective bargaining for public workers. we will talk about gas prices, energy policy and the president when the fox all-stars join me after the break. heartbeat called atrial fibrillation puts you at 5 times greater risk of stroke. don't wait. go to afibstroke.com for a free discussion guide to help you talk to your doctor about reducing your risk. that's afibstroke.com. [ male announc ] you plant. you mow. you grow. you dream. meet the new definition of durability: the john deere select series. with endless possibilities, what will you create? ♪ learn more about the new select series x310 with power steering at johndeere.com/x310. >>> i think the american people understand we don't have a silver bullet when it comes to gas prices. behave been talking about this for 30 years. the only way over the long-term to stabilize gas prices is to reduce

today" report that they are meeting today in chief justice john roberts' chambers to discuss the case. when they are done, they will vote on it in order of seniority. they will decide if they should take up the case in the first place, whether the requirement to buy insurance is constitutional, and if that requirement is struck down, will the entire law have to go? we do not expect to know what they will have decided until the rulings are released in june. >>> we should know within the next hour or so if teachers in frederick county, maryland have followed through on their threats. they vow to work to the rule beginning today. that means no work or help for students during lunch or after the teachers' school day ends. teachers are upset with the county board of education for rejecting a cost of living raise of 2% to 3%. >>> an investigation is under way into what caused a train derailment in jessup, maryland. it happened early this morning inside the csx rail yard. two trains collided while maneuvering on the rail line. only the conductors were on board and no one was injured. the imp

hello, john roberts, sam alito. thank you very much for taking our system and screwing it up completely. after that, rick santorum as the argument. if he gets in which's vote, which he will -- gets gingrich's vote, which he will do, t ime to go, newt. >> they cannot overtake him. on the other hand, if you look at what is ahead the next seven weeks, they are going to give delegates to gingrich and santorum. >> he still got the lead, and there isn't somebody else. he had to win oil, or there would have been in a -- talked- about -- he had to win ohio, or there would of been a lot of talk about somebody else. they keep losing more delegates than that they should. >> newt has to win mississippi and alabama. if he doesn't, i think he is gone. then where does he go. >> texas. >> he will talk about texas. he would try to hang in there because it is is a matter of pride and narcissism. in the end he does not have a path and he knows it. >> he has to win in alabama to qualify as a regional candidate. >> i told him twice -- i

today, the swing vote really seemed to be the chief justice of the supreme court, john roberts. he seemed to express that skepticism about just how broadly congress can mandate people to purchase something but he did say that health care is different than buying a car. it is something everybody needs so he could be the key vote. >> we will have much more on this at 5:00. court proceedings wrap up tomorrow. that is the latest outside the supreme court. back to you. >> today's poll question -- should the supreme court uphold or strike down the president's health care law? we want to know what you think. way in on our website. go to wjla.com. >> a lot more news coming up. disgraced former imf later dominique strauss-kahn tied to a new sex scandal. how it is linked to washington. >> diabetes control my life. i was worried i would die. >> it could be a breakthrough in the fight against diabetes. the surprising a possible cure for obese diabetics. >> and a $363 million question for you -- what would you do if you won the lottery? >> dominique strauss-kahn is once again involved in a s

you have john, robert kennedy, elaine stritch, john delorean.ough is it to get people to trust you and your camera? >> i don't know. it's kind of hard -- it's like asking people to marry you in a way because whatever you do will be around for a while. somebody has to be responsible for it. i think, though -- what we are doing is kind of history for people. i think people that like what they do or believe in what they do, whether they are presidents or rock bands, they like the idea of history somehow taking notice of them. >> meanwhile film technology has gotten more accessible and less expensive. do changes in technology or increased competition alter the way you tell stories. >> you can shoot more footage which means you perhaps won't miss as many events. we shot and edited it in film when we shot "the war room." if the "the war room" we shot 40 hours of film compared to when i shot start up.com an internet story ten years later i shot probably 300 hours of film. there's a big difference. in the heart of it, it's the same. you are looking for

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stay an awfully long time, and so you're confirming somebody at, for instance, in the case of john roberts age 50, who might well be there 40 years later when the presidential administration that appointed him is a dim and fading memory and the issues that concern us have greatly changed. justice stevens retired at 90, for instance. so that's the sort of obvious issue with life tenure. but the less obvious one that's kind of interesting with respect to the confirmation process is that you never know when there's going to be a vacancy. and so each, the filling of each vacancy becomes terrifically freighted because you never know when this president is going to get another one, or maybe the next president won't get any. jimmy carter had the bad luck to not have a single supreme court vacancy occur during his term in office. so there's a randomness to it that just ratchets up the significance of every vacancy. so there's a few ideas floating around about this. i mean, obviously, to simply get rid of life tenure would require a constitutional amendment, and that's a very difficult and, you kno

a barrage of questions led by justices scalia, kennedy, chief justice john roberts. over and over again, basically aren't you, the government, creating commerce in order to regulate it? doesn't the mandate open the door to an expansion of congress to regulate more of the economy going forward? chief justice john roberts expressing the current concern, once we say there is a market and we require you to participate in it, how can we set limits going forward? the government's basic argument, no, this is not creating commerce, this is regulation of health care, something that all americans sooner or later access it by requiring folks to have insurance and/or pay a penalty ahead of time, it ensures a pre-existing payment for that service that we all use. now back to you guys. >> all right, hampton, thanks so much. hampton pearson for us. we want to continue the discussion as it relates to health care and get to our call of the day. analysts over at goldman sachs laying out potential scenarios for pharma giant, pfizer, that could unlock shareholder value. shares of pfizer

chief justice john roberts. >> it's a command. the mandate is a command. >> reporter: no disagreement about that. the bill the president signed requires almost all americans to buy health insurance by 2014 or pay a fine. 26 states sued. >> coming into federal court to challenge this unprecedented obligation to buy a good or service that consumers don't want. >> reporter: a new survey finds two-thirds of americans want obama health care struck down. >> if we went on the individual mandate, obama care in totality will fall either legally or practically speaking. >> reporter: rick santorum showed up for blaming mitt romney for pioneering the mandate in massachusetts. >> the imposition of government rule over people's lives. >> reporter: obama's supporters rallied, saying his plan imposes fairness. >> we are rich and prosperous nation. it is only morally right that a minimum level of health care should be a right and not a function of income or which job you have. >> reporter: all eyes will be on justice anthony kennedy, he could be t

mandate is a step beyond what would be allowed under earlier supreme court cases of chief justice john roberts questions what it could lead to next. >>> with the government or party to buy cellphone because that would facilitate responding when you need and emergency services you can just dial 911 a matter where you are i think that's different. >>> tomorrow the justices will consider whether to lock in survive without the requirement. did ways new tonight speed team bay area baseball fans love to hate has a new owner of a familiar with that added johnson has the part of a group brine the l.a. dodgers and here now with details of this monumental deals some other familiar names. did wait it's going cats warrior fans by surprise and think the magic number is $2 billion as of the former basketball star and his group are paying for one of baseball's most historic franchises from the court was forced to sell its theme by major league baseball and knelt note along with magic johnson the group and the scene is called to the baseball management that includes the where co-owner who was a begin tonight

john roberts today politely. >>> the command and mandated a command under the constitution's commerce clause congress has the power to regulate commerce. but opponents say that it doesn't increase congress by forcing people to buy things they do not want. otherwise the government could force people to buy fuel- efficient cars are health food. >>> the obama's administration says it isn't creating commerce but regulating the existing health care markets. saying uninsured people often use health services they cannot pay for which makes health care more expensive for everyone. but today the justice focused on a basis to question is it too soon for the court to decide the case? the issue is complex but the justices were engaged in firing questions. how likely is it that government is going to be defending the suits an issue in today's arguments is whether the penalty people have to pay for refusing to buy insurance amounts to a tax is so the argument goes the court would have legal jurisdiction to hear the case and tell someone actually pays its which will be until 2015. on this narrow iss

question of the laws mandating that americans must buy the insurance or face a penalty chief justice john roberts put bluntly. it demands a mandate is a command. >>> today's session focused on whether these legal challenges must wait until 2014 when the entire law actually takes effect poolsides will have the court to decide now out and a ruling is expected in june. >>> americans are pretty much decided a new cbs news near times poll finds that 47 percent of americans disapprove a lot only 36 percent approve of it. the supreme court may take up another case that will have a huge impact especially here in the bay area rent-controlled is a constitutional. with many renters paying less than market value for their apartments this is an issue in near and dear to people's hearts and wallets. >>> this one-bedroom apartment but in his bill vances whole world. >>> he lives in this complex for 38 years. and pays $600 to rent his apartment chance those others in the building pay over $1,200 buddies says his low rent is the only reason he has a roof over his head. >>> have no place to go from here. this stre

today chief justice john roberts asked if that is true, why stop in with health insurance? >> could be required to meet you to buy a cellphone because that would facilitate responded when you need emergency services? >> no mr. chief justice, i think that is different >> more liberal to justices seem to support congress's authority to require citizens to carry health insurance. >> congress surely has the authority to decide rather at the point of sale, given it an insurance based mechanism if it makes sense to regulate earlier. >> we don't think it is a matter of timing alone. the one group that will capture are the people don't want to purchase health insurance and also have no plans of using health care services in the future. congress very much wanted to capture those people who are essentially the golden geese who paid for the entire lowering of the premium >> it appears that the justices are split in what could be a landmark decision. now the question is which side will get the crucial fifth vote. legal analysts are looking at justice kennedy for the swing vote but the

chief justice, john roberts. >> mandate is a command. >> no disagreement on that. >> the bill the president signed requires almost all americans to buy health insurance by 2014 or pay a fine. 26 states sudden. >> coming in to federal court to challenge this unprecedented obligation to buy a good or service that consumers don't want. >> a new survey finds two-thirds of americans want obama health care struck down. >> if we went on the individual mandate obamacare in totality will fall totally practically speaking. >> the imposition of government rule over people's lives. >> obama supporters rallied saying his plan imposes fairness. >> we are rich and prosperous nation. it's only morally right a minimal level of health care should be right and not a function of income or which eyes you have. >> all eyes will be on justin anthony kennedy. he could be the swing vote. >>> outside the supreme court rick santorum said health care is not a right because rights are given by your creator and health care reform could force you to do things which you believe are against the teachings of your faith. >>