WASHINGTON (CNN) The U.S. Supreme Court will rule Thursday on the constitutionality of the sweeping health care law championed by President Barack Obama, in a hotly awaited decision that is bound to divide the country. <\/p>\n
The stakes cannot be overstated: what the justices decide will have an immediate and long-term impact on all Americans, both in how they get medicine and health care, and also in vast, yet unknown areas of commerce. <\/p>\n
According to a poll released Tuesday, 37% of Americans say they would be pleased if the health care law is deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. <\/p>\n
Twenty-eight percent would be pleased if the Affordable Care Act is ruled constitutional, the NBC News\/Wall Street Journal survey showed, compared to 35% who said they would be disappointed if the court came back with that outcome. <\/p>\n
But nearly four in 10 Americans surveyed said they would have mixed feelings if the justices struck down the whole law. The survey of 1,000 adults was conducted June 20-24. <\/p>\n
Previous surveys have indicated that some who oppose the law do so because they think it doesnt go far enough. <\/p>\n
The polarizing law, dubbed Obamacare by many, is the signature legislation of Obamas time in office. <\/p>\n
Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, told supporters in Virginia on Tuesday: If Obamacare is not deemed constitutional, then the first three and a half years of this presidents term will have been wasted on something that has not helped the American people. <\/p>\n
Romney, whose opposition to the law has been a rallying cry on the stump, continued: If it is deemed to stand, then Ill tell you one thing. Then well have to have a president and Im that one thats gonna get rid of Obamacare. Were gonna stop it on day one. <\/p>\n
Speaking to supporters in Atlanta Tuesday, Obama defended his health care law as the way forward for the American people. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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