The Supreme Court largely upheld President Barack Obama’s health care law Thursday and within minutes of the historic decision celebrities and media personalities used Twitter to voice their joy or outrage.
A few, such as Albert Brooks, took the opportunity to make a few jokes about the impact of the wide-reaching ruling, saying he planned to get ill in order to celebrate.
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While media outlets tried to press the pause button for a moment to digest the densely worded decision, everyone from Sarah Palin to Alec Baldwin weighed in almost instantly with their own 140 character analysis.
Here is a grab bag of the best celebrity tweets:
Breaking News: It's a terrific day in America. I'm gonna go out and get wildly sick.
If the right wing had won this, they'd be screaming REVOLUTION in the streets. What ought we do?
Michael Ian Black, member of "Stella" comedy troupe
Hey everybody, a round of affordable health insurance on me!
Damon Lindelof, "Prometheus" screenwriter
Barack is so smoking a cigarette right now.
Bill Simmons, ESPN columnist and Grantland editor-in-chief
Today is going to be such an awesome episode of "The Newsroom" in 2 years.
Ari Fleischer, Former White House Press Secretary in Bush Administration
I miss Justice Harriet Miers.
Obama lied to the American people. Again. He said it wasn't a tax. Obama lies; freedom dies.
The right wing has just had their worst smackdown since the day O was elected. The path of history continues to head toward univ health care