Are Supreme Court Justices Jurists Or Politicians?

For more than two weeks, Supreme Court watchers have tried to dazzle us with their divination skills in an attempt to predict how the high court will rule on ObamaCare (The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act). Almost every opinion by these prognosticators falls into one of two categories. First, most are of the opinion that the law will be upheld because one or more of the conservative justices will side with the 4 liberal judges. The remaining camp, seems to feel that the law will be narrowly struck down because the 5 conservatives will find it unconstitutional. Hardly ever do you see an opinion where it is believed that one or more of the liberal judges will side with the conservatives in striking down the The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

The fact that most everyone seems to think that not a single liberal justice would find ObamaCare unconstitutional is a sad commentary about those leftist jurists. It basically says that liberal justices will always put politics above the Constitution. At least some opinions imply that the conservatives of the court are flexible enough to side with the liberals in upholding the law. However, those that feel that it will be struck down on a narrow, party-line basis are also making a statement that politics will solely be involved in the final decision. With all these political-oriented predictions about the high court, can anyone believe that the legal system of this country is always fair and impartial and, yes, constitutional?