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it s been a week of major rulings at the supreme court, culminating with the most anticipated decision in more than a decade, health care reform. chief justice john roberts caught many observers off guard by siding with the four liberal justices to uphold president obama s signature accomplishment. cnn s kate balduan begins our coverage. kate, this was a ruling that went against conventional wisdom. i would absolutely say so, candy. it was a bombshell ruling with the chief justice, as the swing vote joining the court s more liberal justices in the majority narrowly upholding the main provisions of the president s health care law. the justification for that is what surprised many court watchers. the court justice writing for the majority that the mandate was unconstitutional, under the commerce clause, really rejecting the argument that the obama administration and congress stood behind the most. instead, the majority said the law was upheld under congress s power to t ....