Obamacare individual mandate faces hard questions at the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Justices Pose Hard Questions About Obama’s Health Care Reform

Supreme Court Justices Pose Hard Questions About Obama’s Health Care Reform

Slate's online video magazine.
March 27 2012 3:46 PM

Obamacare on the Ropes?

Dahlia Lithwick’s on Day 2 of the health care arguments at the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court reporter Dahlia Lithwick

On the second day of oral arguments at the Supreme Court, the individual mandate at the heart of president’s health care reform provoked a barrage of skeptical questions.   

But Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick says the harsh questioning may not be a proxy for how the justices will decide the case.  She offers her instant analysis in the video below.