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Which justices joined Chief Justice Roberts in upholding the individual mandate as a tax?
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In the Supreme Court case National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (2012), Chief Justice John Roberts authored the majority opinion holding that the individual mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was a valid exercise of Congressâs taxing power.12
The justices who joined Chief Justice Roberts in this specific portion of the opinion were: