Obama lawyer asks Supreme Court to save healthcare law

Clement departs with a group of state attorneys general after the third and final day of legal arguments over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the Supreme Court in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration’s top courtroom lawyer made an impassioned plea on Wednesday for the Supreme Court to save President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, capping three days of historic arguments that left it unclear how the nine justices would rule. Having peppered lawyers for and against the law with questions for more than six hours over the three days, the justices withdrew to their chambers to begin up to three months of deliberation expected to yield a decision by late June. …