Chief Justice John Roberts has been seen as fairly conservative, but he surprisingly voted in favor of which major statute during the Obama administration?

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Chief Justice John Roberts surprised many by casting the decisive vote in upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, in the landmark case National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius in 2012. Despite his generally conservative views, Roberts wrote the majority opinion in support of the ACA, reasoning that the individual mandate penalty was a tax that Congress had the power to impose under its taxing authority. This decision was significant in preserving the ACA, which expanded healthcare access and coverage for millions of Americans.

Chief Justice John Roberts Has Been Seen as Fairly Conservative