based on the commerce clause of the constitution. but it was upheld based on the tax writing provisions of the u.s. congress, and the executive branch of the u.s. government. a 5-4 decision. the key decision by the chief justice of the united states, john roberts. he sided with the other, the democratic appointed members of the supreme court, breyer, ginsberg, kagan, sotomayor, together with chief justice john roberts, they were in the majority. kennedy, scalia, alito and thomas, they were in the minority. the health care reform law stays in full fully remains the law of the land in the united states. kate baldwin has been watching all of this unfold. kate, you re outside the supreme court. give us some more on what was going on inside the supreme court. reporter: what was going on inside the supreme court is the chief justice, he announced the ruling and began reading part, a summary, really, of the opinion, the majority of opinion of the court. and that has been happeni
about the tenents. nobody asked about religion. he was just asked open ended question is health care a right like all these people are chanting. rick santorum goes right to the lady parts. this is what the campaign is like on the republican side this year. frank rich writes today, santorum, flaky is not some out liar in his party or presidential field, he was an advanced man about to ambush an unsuspecting america that thought women s access to birth control had been resolved almost half a century ago. frank, thanks for being here. delighted to be here. how do you think that rick santorum got tot be the advanced man on birth control? i m not surprised he went there but why did everybody else follow him. i think this party has moved
that you believe are right for you and your family and things that are against the tenets and teachings of your faith. nobody asked rick santorum about the tenets and teaching of his faith as they pertain to health reform. nobody asked about religion, whether your church is cool with contraception. he was just asked open-ended question, is health care a right like all of these people are chanting behind you. is health care a right? and rick santorum goes to the lady parts. this is what the campaign is like on the republican side this year. as frank rich writes in new york magazine out today. santorum, flaky as though he may sound is not he was tamm bush an unsuspecting america who thought the birth control had been resolved by the supreme court half century ago. joining us for the interview is frank rich. thank you for being here. delighted to be here. how do you think that rick santorum got to be the
to do things that are against what you believe is right for you and your family. they can do things that you believe are against the teachings of your faith. nobody asked rick santorum about the tenents. nobody asked about religion. he was just asked open ended question is health care a right like all these people are chanting. rick santorum goes right to the lady parts. this is what the campaign is like on the republican side this year. frank rich writes today, santorum, flaky is not some out liar in his party or presidential field, he was an advanced man about to ambush an unsuspecting america that thought women s access to birth control had been resolved almost half a century ago. frank, thanks for being here. delighted to be here.
harold. he balanced the budget. no. come on. he signed it. he stood by his values. you get credit, but you cannot deny him credit. i m talking about medicare. he demagogued medicare shamelessly. he was lectured by the washington post and even left wingers because it was such a disgraceful dem gotting of med kafrmt republicans did it in 2010. democrats are doing it in 2012. fair enough. democrats should have come back and done health care a little differently. i agree with you. you used two or three reasons. stock prices going up and all. republicans should do the same thing. go out. take camp s advice and john boehner s advice and do what this polling group suggests. you can do it. this is not the right way to do it. pat buchanan, it seems to me because of what i ve been talking about, you ve got to address the entitlement programs.