In reviewing Barack Obama's health care overhaul, the U.S. Supreme Court has pushed into territory it hasn't approached since the days of Franklin D. Roosevelt: ruling on a president's signature legislative victory in the midst of his re-election campaign.

Justices will take more time to hear arguments — six hours over three days next week — than for any other case in the last 44 years.

The court will determine whether the government can force millions of people to obtain insurance. The decision may influence the outcome of November's presidential election. The potential legal impact has few parallels in the court's history.

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