Crowding the US Supreme Court for a cause – US Healthcare Reforms

 Healthcare Reforms legal battle begins with people sleeping on the sidewalk for 3 days for a glimpse of the 3 day legal marathon to take place at the United States Supreme Court starting Monday, 26^th March, 2012.  The craze to get a seat into the Supreme Court oral arguments on healthcare reforms has no parallel in recent times.  The line for the limited seats, open to public, started forming on Friday 23^rd for the 3 day oral arguments that begin Monday. US Supreme Court hasn’t seen such a polarized case in many decades.  In addition to the line-standers vying for a seat in the audience, the stakeholders have already established their camps in outside the US Supreme Court.  The oral arguments start Monday 26^th and continue until Wednesday 28^th.

The nation’s highest seat of judicial power can accommodate only about 400 people in the courtroom.  Majority of the seats are reserved for law makers and the legal community.  The big shot lawyers and politicians have been scrambling for entry to these historical sessions. The court has set aside only about 60 seats for members of the public, and that’s the reason people have lined up with their backpacks and sleeping bags for 3 days to compete for one of those 60 seats.

    On Friday afternoon, the first three people in line to hear the Supreme Court’s oral arguments on the health reform law chat with a Supreme Court police officer. (Photo credit: www.washingtonpost.com  at http://wapo.st/H345vu) 

If emotions are running so high even before the Supreme Court starts hearing the case, can’t imagine what happens when the judgment is delivered sometime in June just ahead of the next Democratic and Republican presidential nomination conventions.  One thing isn’t going to change though.  Whoever prevails, the astronomical US healthcare costs aren’t coming down anytime soon.

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