We're holding off until after the whole oral argument is finished to comment, but there's no use making you wait: the audio is posted for Day 1 of Florida v. HHS, the Supreme Court case that will(?) decide the fate of the Affordable Care Act. Today's argument was actually about the question of whether the case could be brought at all: the suit might be prevented by the 1867 Tax Anti-Injunction Act, which basically prevents lawsuits to stop collection of taxes before those taxes actually take effect. If the Court decides that the Act applies, the whole case would be thrown out, and couldn't be decided until after the mandate goes into effect in 2014--meaning we might not have a ruling on its legality until 2016.
Enjoy the audio! We'll be back tomorrow for Round 2, the main event: the oral argument over the Minimum Coverage Position, aka the individual mandate.
