I really fail to understand why the Supreme Court didn’t just cancel the oral arguments on the cases before it and issue a one sentence dismissal of the cases along with a reference to this precedent value editorial from the New York Times.

In ruling on the constitutionality of requiring most Americans to obtain health insurance, the Supreme Court faces a central test: whether it will recognize limits on its own authority to overturn well-founded acts of Congress.

Because, of course, the New York Times editorial board is the highest court in the land under Article III of the US Constitution, and its rulings are final.