The Supreme Court heard the first of three days of oral arguments on the constitutionality of the individual mandate provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, sparking speculation, analysis and protests throughout Washington, D.C. and the nation. (Click here to hear audio from today’s proceedings.)
Starting Monday morning at 10 a.m., today’s arguments centered on whether the legal challenge to the law’s centerpiece requirement — that Americans obtain health insurance or pay a penalty — must wait until after that provision has taken effect in 2014.
