People should be concerned about the court’s opinions, because occasionally they morph from referee’s whistle to rule-writer’s pen. One egregious example is the Dred Scott case, which decided ample melanin disqualified some people from citizenship. Rather than reversing that decision, the court had to acquiesce to the subsequently passed and ratified 13th and 14th amendments.

More recent examples of court overreach include the 1930s expansion of the Commerce Clause, which was partly rebuffed by the health care ruling, and the declaration of essential biosphere compound carbon dioxide as a pollutant.

Chief Justice Roberts’ illogical conflation of Congress’ mandate and tax powers in finding the individual mandate in the Affordable Care Act to be a tax overturned previous court precedent that found logical and necessary separation between those two powers.

So, either the illogic of the Roberts court will need to be corrected by repeal of the Affordable Care Act or by constitutional amendment to clarify the tax power of Congress.

Doesn’t affect me, however I can understand how it affects many people I know in a detrimental way.

It doesn’t matter that Romney predictably “disagrees with the ruling” because the judges are the judgers in our system and the Supreme Court Justices are the ultimate referees. They’ve now made their call, blown their whistles, and none of the Republicans who oppose the ruling have a red flag to throw.