How could it influence either election (2008 or 2012)? The decision on Obamacare was this year.
Basic Government from high school - the three branches are checks and balances against each other. I realize the State of Texas elects its state supreme court justices, but the last thing we need to do is politicize the US Supreme Court further. The justices have a history of staying above the ideological arguments and be impartial. I am sure almost everyone can point out a few cases here and there over the entire history of the court where justices played politics but the better ones stayed away from that. As a whole the court has stayed away from politics and done a good job.
Can you imagine the ciaos if the justices had to run for election every 2-4 years?
I agree with term limits for Senators and Representatives. The people who are against it are the ones in power at the time. There should not be "career politicians."