THE AGE OF OBAMA : Obama's Legacy Takes Shape With The Help Of Unlikely Allies....Health Care Here To Stay... As Firmly Ensconced As A Law Can Be... Legacy Sealed... Vindication... Major Economic Triumph... Prez: Obamacare 'Woven Into The Fabric Of America'...

Associated Press  |  By Julie Pace Posted: 06/25/2015 9:44 pm EDT 
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Long past the prime of his presidency, Barack Obama is defying the lame-duck label and solidifying the contours of his legacy with the help of unlikely allies in Congress and the Supreme Court.
Led by Chief Justice John Roberts, the high court preserved Obama's signature health care law Thursday, hours before a Republican-controlled Congress paved the way for an Asia-Pacific trade pact at the center of the president's international agenda. The Supreme Court also handed Obama a surprise win by upholding a key tool used to fight housing discrimination.
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"This was a good day for America," Obama said, speaking from the White House Rose Garden shortly after the court rulings. For a president deep into his second term, the legal and legislative victories were a vindication of policy priorities that have sapped his political capital and exposed rifts with his own Democratic Party. The back-to-back successes also energized a weary White House, with senior officials and longtime advisers making little effort to hide their glee.
"I don't think that a lot of people expected that a lame-duck president could still very actively lead on every major issue being debated today," said Bill Burton, a former White House and campaign adviser to Obama. more

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