Want some bad news this afternoon? Try this on, from FreedomWorks’ Dean Clancy:

The Court posted a seemingly minor but potentially portentous administrative change, which suggests it might postpone delivering a final ruling on the constitutionality of ObamaCare until the middle of 2016!

Specifically, the high Court increased the time it will devote to hearing oral arguments on whether the health care mandate is a tax for purposes of something called the Tax Anti-Injunction Act. …

If the high Court decides the mandate is a tax, it will be a dream come true for the Administration:

  • President Obama faces reelection in November 2012.
  • ObamaCare doesn’t go into full operation until January 2014.
  • The first time the IRS can levy the mandate penalty/tax won’t be until folks file their tax returns, in mid-April 2015.
  • The slow judicial process will likely delay a final Supreme Court ruling until mid-2016.