It’s a tale that began during the presidency of Teddy Roosevelt and an issue that consumed President Barack Obama's first term in office. The National Federation of Independent Business as well as 26 states have been battling an ongoing lawsuit regarding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which was settled once and for all at 10amET on Thursday morning. President Obama signed off on the health care law on March 23, 2010, which has been dubbed by many as #Obamacare. On Thursday morning, over 50 million uninsured Americans anxiously awaited the fate of their access to health care...and here's how it went down: 

In the minutes before the most anticipated high-court ruling of this generation, Twitter users were on the edge of their seats, refreshing their feeds.

In case you need a refresher on where both sides stand on the issue, here's a breakdown of views from the Republican and Democratic sides of the aisle:

Our own John Carney with a tweet at 10am that would foreshadow the mayhem.

Enough speculation. THE DECISION IS OUT.

But wait, what's going on?

Tweets were coming in at a million miles a minute. More confusion. (Note: Twitter's @gov feed reports that tweets peaked at 10:17amET, seeing 13,166 tweets per minute.)

Finally, everyone on the same page. It is official that...