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Politico – As protesters chanted outside, the Supreme Court opened three days of hearings Monday on President Barack Obama’s landmark health care law by signaling that they will likely decide the core issues in the case now, rather than waiting until after 2014.

While the justices seemed eager to take up the crux of the legal challenges — whether Americans should be required to buy health insurance — the first day of arguments was something of a tease, offering few hints about how the court’s members are leaning on the constitutionality of the so-called individual mandate.
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