Health care ruling a bitter pill for some justices

By: KIMBERLY ATKINS, BridgeTower Media Newswires//July 9, 2012//

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Have you ever had a coworker who rubbed you the wrong way, creating a tense atmosphere in the office? Well imagine if you are a Supreme Court justice in that situation; apparently the tension on the bench is so thick you can cut it with a scalpel.

That’s the result of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.’s now famous – and infamous – opinion in the health care case, reports CBS News’ Jan Crawford. Robert’s decision to break from the Court’s conservatives and uphold the law’s individual mandate under Congress’ taxing power really irked some of his fellow justices, Crawford said.

“[S]ome people say you would have to go back nearly 70 years to see this kind of tension, and almost bitterness, that now exists among the justices,” according to the report.

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