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Outcome of health care case could hinge on 2004 election

By Glen Johnson

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 28, 2012

One of the classic closing arguments in any presidential campaign - which candidates always cast as “the most important of our lifetime” - is that the outcome could dictate the balance of power on the US Supreme Court. As arbiter of the nation’s most contentious legal disputes, and as interpreters of that living document known as the Constitution, the court plays a critical role in US governance. Citizens are getting a reminder right now amid the legal debate over ObamaCare.

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