Regardless of the outcome of the challenge to the new health care law, three days of arguments last week may have cemented the view of the Roberts Court as a willing and aggressive player in the American political conversation.

After more than six hours of arguments on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, advocates on both sides were surprised at how quickly the questioning seemed to break down on ideological lines in spite of the Court’s preferred self-­image as neutral and apolitical.

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