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Supreme Court's Health Care Ruling Celebrated by Hollywood

2:44 PM PDT 6/28/2012 by Jordan Zakarin, Tina Daunt
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A landmark day in Washington, DC made waves across the nation.

The decision was a razor-thin 5-4, and the political parties fired out polar opposite responses. But in Hollywood, the reaction was clear: the Supreme Court's upholding of the Affordable Care Act was a reason to celebrate.

As soon as Chief Justice John Roberts finished reading his decision -- and the news networks all arrived on the correct headline -- celebrities let out tweets of joy. That shouldn't come as much of a surprise; President Obama has been spending a significant amount of time on the left coast, raising money from the left-leaning, deep pocketed big wigs of the entertainment industry.

Here's a sampling of the excitement Hollywood celebrities shared online:

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