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Michael Moore, 06/28/12

Oscar and Emmy-winning director

So, yes, the bill is highly flawed and somewhat wrong-headed -- but what it IS is a huge step in the right direction. And today's court decision cements that.

Linda Bergthold, 06/25/12

Health policy consultant

In a surprise decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010. You will hear a lot of commentary from legal and policy experts in the next few weeks about this decision, but this post is about what the Court action means for YOU personally.

Jedediah Purdy, 06/28/12

Professor, Duke Law School; Author, 'A Tolerable Anarchy'

Progressive relief today is much too close to "Thank God he didn't hit me." The Supreme Court, on its own previously announced principles, had no business coming so close to invalidating the Affordable Care Act.

Jim Wallis, 06/28/12

Christian leader for social change

Today, in a long and complicated ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act. This is an important victory for millions of uninsured people in our country and ultimately a triumph of the common good.

Adam Winkler, 06/28/12

Professor of Law, UCLA

Today, the institutional legitimacy of the Court was buttressed. President Obama wasn't the only winner at the Supreme Court today. So was the Supreme Court itself.

Marlo Thomas, 06/28/12

Award-winning actress, author, and activist

Sometimes, we think we know someone only to be completely surprised by the things they have to say. Celebrities from Kathy Griffin to Suze Orman and Tim Gunn have all opened up to me on my series Mondays With Marlo and shared facts that many of us never knew about them.

Richard (RJ) Eskow, 06/28/12

Writer; host, 'The Breakdown'; Senior Fellow, Campaign for America's Future

Was today's ruling a victory for justice over corporate power? Did Chief Justice John Roberts rise above partisan differences because that's where an honest reading of the law took him? Nah.

William Bradley, 06/28/12

Political Analyst, NewWestNotes.com

The two big cable "news" outlets were so intent on being fast that they were totally wrong. The reporters, producers, on-air "talent," nobody could be bothered to actually read through the decision before broadcasting their stupidity to the world.

Tom Mulhall, 06/28/12

Nude recreation specialist

Who would have thought that one night of fun, innocent skinny dipping during college would change our lives forever? Well it did! After that night, we were hooked for life and have enjoyed nude recreation ever since.

Stephen Mansfield, 06/28/12

New York Times best-selling author

As sophisticated and postmodern as Americans believe themselves to be, a Gallop poll in 2011 revealed that 20 percent of Republicans and 27 percent of Democrats will not vote for a Mormon.

David Wild, 06/28/12

TV Writer; Contributing Editor, Rolling Stone; Co-Author, 'Diary of a Player"'

I asked my closest 15,000 friends at @wildaboutmusic for their own musical rulings about today's historic decision by the Supreme Court on the Affordable Health Care Law. Here are some tuneful verdicts from the Twitterverse -- as well as some of my own majority opinions.

Jared Bernstein, 06/28/12

Senior Fellow, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

As we now know, the SCOTUS declared that a penalty for refusing to purchase health insurance is permissible as a tax, in essence, approving the mandate by another name. Predictably, that wording has led to pure silliness from conservatives.

Sen. John Kerry, 06/28/12

U.S. Senator from Massachusetts

This Court decision has given us a whole new moment of focus to actually talk with Americans about what's at stake, and what they would lose if Mitt Romney was elected President with a Republican House and Republican Senate.

Kelly Rigg, 06/28/12

Executive Director, GCCA

Let's face it. The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio 20) was a flop -- at least the part that involved negotiations amongst governments.

John Marttila, 06/28/12

President, Marttila Strategies

And, yes -- this time around -- we can make Mitt Romney and the Republicans pay the political price they deserve to pay for promising to take away vitally important and popular health care benefits from the American people. Wishful thinking? Hardly.

Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm, 06/27/12

Former Governor of Michigan, Faculty at UC Berkeley, Host of "The War Room with Jennifer Granholm" on Current TV

It may be easy to assume that politicians love being showered in money. But here's a secret: the truth is, most of us hate it. Hate it.

Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, 06/28/12

Lecturer, writer, and President Emeritus, Union for Reform Judaism

The American people no longer need to fear that every one of us could lose our health insurance at any time. They have been given hope. And for this I say again: Thank God.

Tom Tarantino, 06/28/12

Deputy Policy Director, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America

In a heated moment earlier this month, Rep. Bob Filner suggested to Congress that the VA system is so bad we might as well "blow it up." This week on Maddow, he had some new choice words.

Adel Zakout, 06/28/12

CEO/Co-founder of Clippings.com

Have you ever imagined what your house would look like, if you could design it just based on your own ideas, comfort and for your own entertainment; if you'd never seen anybody else's and weren't subjected to any biases, nostalgia or peer-pressure?

Esther Lofgren, 06/28/12

Olympic Rower, Team USA

It has been a long seven years working towards this -- being the last one cut from the eight in 2008, again in 2009, working through injuries in 2010 and 2011, and then the ups and downs of selection this year.

Michael Thompson, Ph.D, 06/25/12

Author, "Homesick and Happy"

Does an overnight camp experience still make sense in this competitive, resume-building world? From this psychologist's point of view, the answer is a resounding YES.

Erin Ruberry, 06/28/12

Deputy blog editor, The Huffington Post

What better place to watch Jane Austen's books-turned-movies than a historic home dating from the same period as Austen's classic novels?

Death Race , 06/28/12

GQ politics blog

It's Election Night 2012, and PresidentObama has just lost a tight race. The key to Romney's victory? Massachusetts, a staunchly liberal state that turned red after Obama foolishly offended Red Sox fans.

Martha Burk, 06/28/12

Money Editor, Ms. magazine; director, Corporate Accountability Project, National Council of Women's Organizations

In upholding the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Roberts Court threw a hand grenade at those who are waging an unrelenting "war on women" using access to health care as the main battering ram. The decision may not stop the war, but it surely feels good to win such a decisive battle.