In the Supreme Court's decision in National Federation of Independent Business v.Sebelius, the "swing vote" was from

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In the National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius case, Chief Justice John Roberts provided the deciding vote in the 5-4 decision upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). While the four liberal justices (Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan, and Sotomayor) voted in favor of the ACA, the four conservative justices (Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito) voted against it. Chief Justice Roberts, who was typically aligned with the conservative justices, surprised many by joining the liberal justices in upholding the ACA's individual mandate as a tax. This vote was considered the "swing vote" as it was unexpected and had a major impact on the outcome of the case.

In the Supreme Court's Decision in National Federation of Independent